How do I change all of my domains from EA-PHP to ALT-PHP

Question

How do I change all of my domains from EA-PHP (ea-php*) to ALT-PHP (alt-php*) from the command line, keeping the same PHP version for each domain?

Answer

cPanel sets the PHP version per domain (vhost), so the version is changed with the php_set_vhost_versions WHM API function. The commands below read each domain's current ea-php* version and set the matching alt-php* version. For example, ea-php81 becomes alt-php81.

Requirements: CloudLinux with alt-php, or PHP ELS integrated into MultiPHP Manager, and the matching alt-php* versions installed on the server.

1. Log in to the server as root via SSH.

2. Confirm the alt-php versions are available to MultiPHP Manager. Each version your domains use should appear as alt-php*:

   # whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions

3. Preview the changes. This prints each domain, its current EA-PHP version, and the ALT-PHP version it will be changed to:

   # whmapi1 php_get_vhost_versions --output=json | jq -r '.data.versions[] | select(.version|startswith("ea-php")) | "\(.vhost): \(.version) -> alt-php\(.version|ltrimstr("ea-php"))"'

   Note: Example output: example.com: ea-php81 -> alt-php81

   Apply the changes:

   # whmapi1 php_get_vhost_versions --output=json | jq -r '.data.versions[] | select(.version|startswith("ea-php")) | "\(.vhost) alt-php\(.version|ltrimstr("ea-php"))"' | while read v n; do whmapi1 php_set_vhost_versions version="$n" vhost-0="$v"; done

To revert from ALT-PHP to EA-PHP

# whmapi1 php_get_vhost_versions --output=json | jq -r '.data.versions[] | select(.version|startswith("alt-php")) | "\(.vhost) ea-php\(.version|ltrimstr("alt-php"))"' | while read v n; do whmapi1 php_set_vhost_versions version="$n" vhost-0="$v"; done

Additional resources

• How to Manage PHP versions on the command line?
• How-To Manage PHP-FPM from CLI (whmapi1)
• PHP Command Line Interface (CLI) version is set to ALT-PHP instead of EA-PHP when using CloudLinux / CageFS