How to change the PHP version in the LWS Panel Web Terminal

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What is the SSH Terminal?

The Terminal tool in the LWS Panel allows you to have an SSH shell directly on your web hosting, via your web browser while being logged into your customer area, without needing an SSH client like Putty.

It is a practical tool if you need to run commands on your hosting.

The SSH Terminal is available from the LWS Starter to Performance plan, by going to "SSH Terminal" found in the "Software" section. Thanks to this Terminal, it is possible to modify and perform certain installations such as Composer.

By default, the Terminal's PHP version is the latest version available. You can view the version by going there and typing the following command:

php -v

However, if needed, it is possible to change the PHP version to one of those available on the Terminal, from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.1.

How to change the PHP version through the LWS Panel Web Terminal?

Log in to your LWS customer area and click on "Manage" located behind the relevant LWS plan

Click on the "SSH Terminal" tool found in the "Software" section.

In the SSH Terminal, you will need to create a new profile using the "touch" command.

touch ~/.profil 

You can replace "profil" with the name of your choice. Please note that for each command, it will be necessary to replace the name "profil" with the one you have defined.

Edit the "profil" file using the following command:

nano ~/.profil

Add the following code to the "./profil" file:

export PATH=/opt/php7.0/bin:$PATH

When adding the code line, remember to change php7.0 to the desired PHP version. The available versions are as follows:

• php5.6
• php7.0
• php7.1
• php7.2
• php7.3
• php7.4
• php8.0
• php8.1
• php8.2
• php8.3
• php8.4
• php8.5

Press [CTRL] + X simultaneously, then "Y" and the "Enter" key to save the file.

Finally, load the .profil file using the following command:

source ~/.profil

You can check the PHP version used by the SSH Terminal using the following command:

php -v