We’re happy to announce that all of our servers now support PHP 5.3 (specifically PHP 5.3.8).
There are several methods of enabling 5.3 on your account while the default is still 5.2
Method 1:
Rename your script from .php to .php53
Method 2:
Login to cPanel then click “Apache Handlers” near the bottom of the screen and put the following in the top two boxes
Handler: application/x-httpd-php53
Extension(s): php
Method 3:
Add the following to your .htaccess file:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php
If you have any questions or find any bugs please submit a support ticket.
0800 862 0331
Quick comment on this…
When you do this via Method 2, it makes a .htaccess file in public_html of your installation. However this file is incorrect (according to Method 3).
The file, created via Method 2 contains this:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 php
Whereas it should be:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php