What versions of PHP are available in EasyApache 4 on Ubuntu?

Question

What versions of PHP are available in EasyApache 4 on Ubuntu?

Answer

We support two versions of Ubuntu. These versions have differing support for PHP.

Ubuntu 20.04 supports PHP 7.3 and above, through PHP 8.3.

Ubuntu 22.04 supports PHP 8.1 and above, through PHP 8.3.

• Available, End-of-Life: No longer maintained. Packages still available to install.
• Installed, Patches: Included with new installations by default. Security updates only.
• Installed, Supported: Included with new installations by default. Actively maintained.
• Available, Supported: Not installed by default, but available for installation. Actively maintained.

What versions of PHP does cPanel support?

These versions of PHP are not available when moving to Ubuntu:

• PHP 5.4
• PHP 5.5
• PHP 5.6
• PHP 7.0
• PHP 7.1
• PHP 7.2

You can run this command to retrieve a list of currently available versions for your system:

apt update && apt-cache search ea-php | grep -Ei "(ea-php[0-9]{2})\s"

As new packages are regularly added to our repositories, you should run the above command to get the most up-to-date information on which PHP packages are available. 

Resources

For an overview of all supported PHP versions, please see our primary document:

What versions of PHP does cPanel support?

How do I install legacy versions of PHP?