to use php 5.3.x

[DenRomano]

This is my first DA dedicated. When I received it PHP 4.2.17 was installed. I asked my host to upgrade to 5.3.x as 4.2.x is end of life. They said they installed 5.3.x but to use it I have to

add below lines in .htaccess file.

<FilesMatch "\.php$">
AddHandler x-httpd-php6 .php
</FilesMatch>

Does this mean that 5.2.x is still installed and used for other needs. I ask this as I need to be PCI compliant and it will look for any old versions and fail on them

THanks

 

[interfasys]

The easiest way to find out is to call a PHP script without those lines in .htaccess.

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

If you see something, then you still have the old version installed, otherwise they may want you to stick with the CGI version of PHP.

 

[DenRomano]

I did the phpinfo without any changes to the htaccess and it does show the older version 5.2.17.

I thought I read other messages on this board saying that you can tell direct admin to use 5.3.x by creating a custom build. would that get rid of the old 5.2.x version and replace it with 5.3?

 

[interfasys]

Yes, if you use custombuild, you can move from 5.2.x to 5.3.x.
Just make sure all your sites are compatible.

 

[DenRomano]

thank you I will do that