Updated to PHP7 for WP, but still complaining of being on 5.9?

There is no PHP 5.9. Did you restart your webserver?

@mattf855f07e854

When it comes to apache, you need to install libapache2-mod-php7.0 as mod_php is what Apache uses to handle PHP requests.

When you run php -v from the command line (CLI), you’re using the CLI version of PHP, not the same version that Apache is using. Installing the package above should fix the issue, though you need to remove the current package (for PHP 5.x) first.

@mattf855f07e854

By running apt-get remove php5 you’re not removing the previous Apache module.

I would simply remove PHP 5 altogether if you don’t need it, which can be done by running:

apt-get -y remove php5*

and to purge the configuration:

apt-get -y purge php5*

Once you’re done there, I would run:

apt-get -y remove libapache2-mod-php5.x

Where the 5.x is the version of PHP 5 that you installed.

Once you’ve removed PHP 5.x, then you can run:

apt-cache search php7.0

… to find any/all packages available for PHP 7.0. You need to install the module as I noted in my previous post, and then any associated packages that you may need.