I get this by typing php -v:
PHP 7.4.4 (cli) (built: Mar 20 2020 13:47:17) ( NTS ) Copyright © The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright © Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.4.4, Copyright ©, by Zend Technologies
Wordpress says:
Your site is running an older version of PHP (7.0.33-26+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1)
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Where is the vhost configuration file located? I’ll look into this but it looks a bit complicated to me. Could you say what exactly I need to do to fix this.
Hi @rem3n,
Most probably you have multiple PHP versions on your droplet and your website is using another one.
What I’ll recommend doing in order to confirm this is, SSH to your droplet
Go to your website’s DocumentRoot
create an info.php file there like so
As soon as you have created it add the following content
Save the file and load it in the browser, there you should be able to see the full php PATH of our application. Most probably you are using the default one located
You’ll need to change it to use the newest PHP version you have installed by chaning the path in your vhost configuration file.
Regards, KDSys