As you may know the ntPHPselector in your VPS/DS’ cPanel comes with predefined php v5.3.x, v5.4.x and v5.5.x and if you wish to change the predefined php version to a custom one, you can do the following:
- The first step is to log in as a root user to your VPS/DS machine
- The ntPHPselector keeps the php binary files in the following location /opt/ntphp/
- You will see there 3 folders: php53, php54, php55
- Let’s say we want to change the default php v5.5.16 to php v5.5.20
- Rename the php55 folder by executing the following command:
mv /opt/ntphp/php55 /opt/ntphp/php55_old
- The next step is to upload on the server the desired custom PHP version from their official website php.net/releases
- Let’s say the download file is in ~/php-5.5.20.tar.gz, extract it using: tar zxf php-5.5.20.tar.gz
- Afterwards, navigate to the extracted folder: cd ~/php-5.5.20
- Execute the following command:
- ./configure –prefix=/opt/ntphp/php55
- make
- make install
- This will install the uploaded custom PHP version in the specified folder
- Now proceed to your cPanel -> ntPHPselector and change the PHP version to 5.5. *(this will vary depending on the version you have modified)
- That is it, you should have the custom PHP version running on your VPS/DS
You can verify which PHP version you are running with by creating a phpinfo file.
