Upcoming PHP Version Changes
As time goes on and versions change, we need to update our cPanel servers' default PHP versions and remove deprecated versions. The changes will affect Shared Hosting customers, as well as sites hosted on Domain of One's Own and Managed cPanel servers. Here are our upcoming plans for those changes over the course of the next year.
If you are unsure which version of PHP your site is using, or whether your site is set to "inherit" the default version, you can always check and/or the version using the MultiPHP Manager tool in cPanel. Note that it is only possible to set PHP versions for domains or subdomains, not for subdirectories. If a site is installed on a subdirectory (eg, defaultsite.com/example), it will use the PHP version set for its parent domain (in this case, defaultsite.com).
December 2024 - Raising Default Version
In early December 2024 we will be changing the default PHP version on all our cPanel servers, from PHP 8.0 to PHP 8.1. Only the default command-line PHP and sites set to "inherit" the PHP version will be impacted by this change; all other sites with a specified PHP version will remain using that PHP version.
December 2025 - Raising Default Version
In December 2025, in order to better align ourselves with PHP's timeline of supported versions (https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php), we will be switching the default PHP version from PHP 8.1 (the version we will have switched to in December 2024) to PHP 8.2; likewise, only the PHP CLI and sites set to "inherit" will be impacted by this change, with sites using a specified PHP version remaining un-impacted.
End-of-Year 2025 - Removal of PHP 7.3 & 7.4
Before EOY 2025 we plan to have PHP 7.3 fully removed from our cPanel servers. Actual dates of removal will be communicated once the timeline is more defined, and removal of PHP 7.4 will follow afterwards at an unspecified time.
