# PHP version and WordPress?

**URL:** <https://support.ibiblio.org/t/php-version-and-wordpress/211>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 9, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://support.ibiblio.org/t/php-version-and-wordpress/211 "2020-12-09T09:32:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![demidov](https://support.ibiblio.org/user_avatar/support.ibiblio.org/demidov/32/43_2.png) [@demidov](https://support.ibiblio.org/u/demidov)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://support.ibiblio.org/t/php-version-and-wordpress/211/1 "2020-12-09T09:32:32Z")

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I get an old PHP version  
[demidov@login2 ~] $ php --version  
PHP 5.4.16 (cli) …  
and “Your server is running PHP version 5.3.29 but WordPress 5.5.3 requires at least 5.6.20.” from  
[https://www.ibiblio.org/e-notes/lib/wordpress/](https://www.ibiblio.org/e-notes/lib/wordpress/)

but I see “PHP 7.3.11” at ["mysql" client application on login2?](https://support.ibiblio.org/t/mysql-client-application-on-login2/104/3)

any suggestions?

Evgeny Demidov

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**Author:** ![cmpalmer](https://support.ibiblio.org/user_avatar/support.ibiblio.org/cmpalmer/32/5_2.png) [@cmpalmer](https://support.ibiblio.org/u/cmpalmer)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://support.ibiblio.org/t/php-version-and-wordpress/211/2 "2020-12-09T22:35:01Z")

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For the [CLI PHP on login2, have a look at this post](https://support.ibiblio.org/t/mysql-client-application-on-login2/104). For changing the PHP version that a particular sub-directory of [ibiblio.org](http://ibiblio.org) loads, we need to coordinate that change with you. I believe we already have RT # 50484 open dealing with related work, so let’s check in there to make sure we get you what you need.

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**Author:** ![demidov](https://support.ibiblio.org/user_avatar/support.ibiblio.org/demidov/32/43_2.png) [@demidov](https://support.ibiblio.org/u/demidov)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://support.ibiblio.org/t/php-version-and-wordpress/211/3 "2020-12-13T14:23:50Z")

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After I added  
source scl\_source enable rh-php73  
into ~/.bash\_profile (or ~/.bashrc) I get php73 in my Putty. But I still have “PHP version 5.3.29” in my browser.

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**Author:** ![cmpalmer](https://support.ibiblio.org/user_avatar/support.ibiblio.org/cmpalmer/32/5_2.png) [@cmpalmer](https://support.ibiblio.org/u/cmpalmer)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://support.ibiblio.org/t/php-version-and-wordpress/211/4 "2020-12-15T05:05:29Z")

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This is fixed for your sub-directory.