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How to Find PHP Version of Hosting Server

In my attempt to fix internal server errors, I went about looking for simple ways to find the php version which powers the wordpress installation on our web hosting server. Here is the small tip to do it easily.

  1. Create a new document in Notepad or any other text editor
  2. Type following with no spaces or lines above or below
    <?
    phpinfo();
    ?>
  3. Save the file as checkversion.php or any other name you like, but should end with .php
  4. Upload using an FTP client to the root of your domain name where wordpress is hosted.
  5. Run http://yourdomain.com/checkversion.php in your browser

And a detailed page will reveal all the information about your PHP version and lots of technical details about your PHP core and server configuration which you never knew.



6 Responses

  1. Nice tips! Thanks for sharing. I don’t have any proper knowledge about php coding but this post help me a lot. Thnks again!

    Fatin Pauzi posted on 08/04/2009
  2. Thank you for sharing. It was really helpful.

    Samuel posted on 30/04/2009
  3. how to receive the email to our domain(localhost)
    from any mail servers like yahoo,gmail

    kishore posted on 12/05/2009
  4. Thanks for the tip! Now I know why a joomla component wouldn’t run on my hosting server.

    Jeremy posted on 31/05/2009
  5. It didnt work for me. it showed me info, but didnt tell me the php version…

    Vaibhav Jain posted on 28/06/2010