What versions of PHP are available at DreamHost?

DreamHost pre-installs the following versions of PHP on its servers:

• PHP 8.3 — Available in the panel
• PHP 8.2 — Available in the panel
• PHP 8.1 — Available in the panel
• PHP 8.0 — Available in the panel
• PHP 7.4 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 7.3 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 7.2 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 7.1 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 7.0 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 5.6 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.

Please note that PHP versions continually update. View the following page for a timeline of PHP versions:

• php.net/supported-versions.php

When you run the command php -v in a shell terminal when logged into your server, the output displays the current default version used.

[server]$ php -v

If you wish to use a different PHP version in the Shell, you’ll need to specify the full file path.

[server]$ /usr/local/php82/bin/php -v

These are the current versions you can use via SSH. Older versions are not available on some servers.

/usr/local/php56/bin/php
/usr/local/php70/bin/php
/usr/local/php71/bin/php
/usr/local/php72/bin/php
/usr/local/php73/bin/php
/usr/local/php74/bin/php
/usr/local/php80/bin/php
/usr/local/php81/bin/php
/usr/local/php82/bin/php
/usr/local/php83/bin/php