PHP version discrepancy

Hi @vavroom,

I did notice something else on your Post. You’ve marked the Ubuntu 18.04. If you are still using it, I’ll strongly recommend upgrading to the newest version as soon as possible.

Hi @vavroom,

Yes, you have two or possibly more PHP versions. Anyway, you need to tell your WebService (Apache/Nginx) what PHP version to use.

First disable the current PHP version

$ sudo a2dismod php7

Now enable the one you want

$ sudo a2enmod php8.1

Set PHP 8 as default version using command:

sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php8.1

Alternatively, you can run the following command to set which system wide version of PHP you want to use by default.

$ sudo update-alternatives --config php

Finally, restart your Apache web server:

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Apart from the update-alternatives commands the others were for Apache. If you are using Nginx, you need to edint your nginx config file for your website and change the php version it uses there:

$ sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourWebsite.conf

In there find the php block:

location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7-fpm.sock;
}

See the fastcgi_pass? Change the PHP from /run/php/php7-fpm.sock; to /run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;