PHP versions

PHP 5.6 to 8.5 side by side per site with a License, admin-applied patch updates, one version on the Free tier and a defined fallback when one is removed.

Used by

Admin (choose the version); client (per site, with a License)

Plan

Free: one version. License: several

Status

Available

Category

Websites and PHP

What it is

Each client runs its own PHP-FPM master per PHP version, under its own user, so opcache is never shared between customers. The Free tier runs one version of your choice, switchable at any time. A License allows several versions at once, picked per site.

What it is for

Running old and new applications on the same node, and moving a single site to a newer PHP without touching the others. The series available (from PHP 5.6 up to 8.5) depend on the operating system release, and each customer can enable extensions from a closed catalogue (see PHP extensions).

PHP is never updated by itself: the administrator applies a new patch release (for example 8.2.28 to 8.2.29), sites keep the patch release they use until they are moved, and the old one is removed only when no site uses it.

Limits

Extra versions come from the provider's package repository, which the installer leaves disabled; enabling it is an admin action and needs a License. If a version a site uses is uninstalled, its sites move to the nearest lower installed version (or the nearest higher if none is lower) and return when it is reinstalled. If the License expires the node consolidates to a single version, the one used by the most sites.