need a little assistance on why Wordpress is giving me a PHP version error.

[TeeJay]

hello there, I'm not very active member here. I just lurk most of the time and find things that are helpful to me.

Today I've decided to upgrade some of my applications for example Wordpress.

I went to Fantastico and it say upgrade to 3.3.1

Now when I viewed my WP site. It gives me an error of
"Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.3.1 requires at least 5.2.4."

Under cPanel. I checked that the PHP version says 5.2.17

I'm confused why the error is telling me that I am running 4.4.9

Does this mean I have to go to my WP config and check it there?

thanks

[Ron]

I'd also check your .htaccess file for a different version of php as a file handler.

If you can make a temporary file in the wordpress directory call it versioninfo.php

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and point your browser at it, it can give you what version of php you're running and other hints as to where the version might be getting set.

When you're done, don't leave that versioninfo.php file in your webspace, it is a small security risk.
Good luck!

[TeeJay]

thanks for your reply

btw, my skillset is not that great when it comes to codes. I will try to take a stab at the htaccess and WP. My site is purely for my personal (family) use and hobby. It's far from what I do for a living :-(

I'm also wondering if my issue qualifies for a tech support ticket but I thought I'd see if the members can help me first. Again thank you.

[Ron]

What kind of account do you have, shared hosting? Yes, I think that support would be happy to help you. Just open a ticket!

[Vin DSL]

Do they still have PHP4 & PHP5 installed on all servers, Ronnie?

Seems like you could specify 4 or 5 in the php.ini and/or .htaccess (too lazy to go look).

You could even run PHP4 in one folder and PHP5 in another...

[TeeJay]

Sorry folks I hope I'm not coming across as being rude for not replying. I'm just not at home and would like to try Ron's suggestion first before saying anymore. I have to at least make and effort to try to resolve it before opening a ticket.

[Ron]

Do they still have PHP4 & PHP5 installed on all servers, Ronnie?

Seems like you could specify 4 or 5 in the php.ini and/or .htaccess (too lazy to go look).

You could even run PHP4 in one folder and PHP5 in another...

Yes, IIRC it's specified in .htaccess; there is a server default that can be overridden for your account in CPanel, which modifies your primary .htaccess to accomplish that. It could be that in his wordpress directory there's an overriding .htaccess.

I have to at least make and effort to try to resolve it before opening a ticket.

If you wanna you can, but you can also ask for help first if you like.

[Vin DSL]

Yep! There she blows...

# Use PHP5 as default
# AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php .php4 .php3 .phtml
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5-source .php5s

Right at the top of my root .htaccess file.

Do you use something similar?

[Ron]

Yours is commented out... as is mine, because php5 is the default on the server now. I think.

OPTIONS -INDEXES
#AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php .php4 .php3 .phtml
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .wt

Yes, files ending in .wt on my site are php files. LOL Long story.

[Vin DSL]

Oops! n/m

[Ron]

Blurb sounds cool; does it provide phpinfo output as well?

[Ron]

Nice demo, too!

[Vin DSL]

Blurb sounds cool; does it provide phpinfo output as well?

Nice demo, too!

Sorry, I was temporarily distracted.

Heh! I need to install that on my desktop machine...

[Vin DSL]

Yes, files ending in .wt on my site are php files. LOL Long story.

Don't worry about it.

PHP is a flash-in-the-pan... Remember? LoL!

[Ron]

I dropped my attacks on php a while back and turned my flash-in-the-pan criticism towards the Apple iPhone immediately boosting Apple's stock price and making Apple the country's (world's?) most valuable corporation.