Select a PHP Version

You can change what version of PHP your sites use. Some scripts require newer versions of PHP, but these newer versions of PHP do cause some older PHP scripts to fail.

It is recommended that you use the most recent version of PHP available, but you can switch it if your scripts require.

Note that changing your PHP version is a account-wide change, and will affect all of your sites.

Finding your active version

1. Log into your Bravenet account
2. Click on the FTP Hosting tab
3. Click on the Websites tab
4. Under the Select PHP Version header, you will see the current version number.

Changing your PHP version

1. Log into your Bravenet account
2. Click on the FTP Hosting tab
3. Click on the Websites tab
4. Click on Select PHP Version
5. Select the version out of the drop-down menu, and then click Change Version
6. The change should happen within the next minute or so. Test all of your sites thoroughly and watch for any error messages.

A note about our version numbering

We've listed the major versions only (for example, 5.3.x instead of 5.3.12) because we constantly update our PHP packages within the individual major versions to apply security and bug fixes.