After changing PHP to 8.1 for a domain it still shows as 8.0

Flyer

• April 01, 2023 12:37

The server has PHP 8.0 and 8.1 installed, but using MultiPHP Manager to set the PHP version to 8.1 does not seem to work. Subsequently running php --version in a shell for that domain gives "8.0.28". From the WHM terminal I get "8.1.17". The domain needs 8.1 for a Laravel 10 app, so how can I fix this?

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  DennisMidjord

  • April 01, 2023 21:31

  Running php --version using CLI will always use the version of PHP that's defined as default. What you could do is create a file called "info.php" with the following contents in the website directory: ```

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  Flyer

  • April 02, 2023 07:06

  Thanks for your helpful response. I changed the default to 8.1, as I had to run composer update from a CLI, and that solved the problem. The website was already running 8.1, as you said.

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  DennisMidjord

  • April 02, 2023 12:47

  If you're trying to run a specific PHP version from CLI, you could just use the full path to the PHP executable:

  • /usr/local/bin/ea-php81
  • /usr/local/bin/ea-php80
  • /usr/local/bin/ea-php74
  • ...
  • ...

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  Flyer

  • April 02, 2023 13:33

  Thanks for the tip. It would be less confusing if cPanel changed this comment on the WHM/MultiPHP Manager page: This setting applies to new account creations and domains set to inherit the System PHP Version. to something like this: This setting applies to new account creations and domains set to inherit the System PHP Version, and to all CLI shells.

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • April 03, 2023 14:37

  @Flyer - that's a good idea. I created an improvement case with our developers to see if they can update that wording!

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