What versions of PHP are available at DreamHost?

Overview

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

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

Default PHP version on a shared web server

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
PHP 8.2.0 (cli) (built: Dec 11 2022 07:26:39) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.2.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.2.0, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

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

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