WordPress insisting on incorrect PHP Vewrsion

  • shanks255

    (@shanks255)


    2 years, 2 months ago

    Hey Guys,

    I’ve been looking into this for hours and haven’t gotten anywhere with it :(. So recently updated to PHP 7.4 as it was overdue and WordPress was on my back about updating it. But recently when I looked back on WordPress it is still saying I need to update my PHP and that my current one is (7.1.33). Since then i updated to PHP 8.0 in the hope that WordPress would recognise that but it is still showing s (7.1.33)

    this is the text that is in the .htaccess file “

    # php — BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
    # Set the “ea-php80” package as the default “PHP” programming language.
    <IfModule mime_module>
    AddHandler application/x-httpd-ea-php80 .php .php8 .phtml
    </IfModule>
    # php — END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit

    “

    so as far as i’m aware everything is set to PHP8.0, So why is Word press insisting it’s 7.1.33? And any ideas how to fix this?

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    2 years, 2 months ago

    Please contact your host. WordPress does not select PHP versions, it uses what the server tells it to.

    Moderator threadi

    (@threadi)

    2 years, 2 months ago

    WordPress only reads the PHP version provided by your host. Apparently you are not changing the correct setting in your hosting. I would therefore recommend that you contact your hoster’s support to clarify this.

    By the way, the latest version of WordPress (currently 6.4.3) is compatible up to PHP 8.2. I would recommend using PHP 8.1 if your plugins and theme are compatible with it.

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