How to run a PHP program file using a specific PHP version from Terminal?

In multiPHP environment, you can run different PHP programs using various PHP versions from Terminal. 

First you need to locate the PHP binary for the specific PHP version. You can locate it at - “/opt/cpanel/ea-phpXY/root/usr/bin/php”. Replace XY with the PHP version.

So, for a program named abc.php located in public_html that requires PHP 8.1 you would need to run the following from Terminal:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php81/root/usr/bin/php /home/{yourcpanelhomedirectory}/public_html/abc.php

In the above example, replace {yourcpanelhomedirectory} with your cpanel account's home directory name.

 

 

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