DreamHost pre-installs the following versions of PHP on its servers:
- PHP 7.1 — The latest version of PHP that DreamHost has to offer (via SSH only).
- PHP 7.0 — The latest version of PHP that DreamHost has to offer in the panel.
- PHP 5.6 — Widely supported version of PHP.
- 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:
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. Use the following for PHP 7.1:
[server]$ /usr/local/php71/bin/php -v
PHP 7.1.5 (cli) (built: May 18 2017 20:23:22) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 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
