What versions of PHP are available at DreamHost?

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

• PHP 7.3.9 — Available in the panel.
• PHP 7.2.22 — Available in the panel.
• PHP 7.1.32 — Available in the panel.
• PHP 7.0.33 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 5.6.36 — No longer available in the panel. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 5.5 — No longer supported. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 5.4 — No longer supported. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 5.3 — No longer supported. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.
• PHP 5.2 — No longer supported. Officially End-Of-Lifed by php.net.

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

• http://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. Use the following for PHP 7.1:

[server]$ /usr/local/php71/bin/php -v
PHP 7.1.19 (cli) (built: Jul 14 2018 02:46:25) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.1.19, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies

These are the current versions you can use via SSH:

/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