Question exec uses old php version

[Davididi]

Server operating system version

centos 8

Plesk version and microupdate number

18

I upgraded to PHP version 8, but the exec commands still use version 7, how can I upgrade Plesk to use PHP 8?

 

[Maarten]

Can you explain this a little more? Do you mean the PHP version on the command line?

 

[Davididi]

If that is, the php scripts are executed with php 8.2 and when using exec() in a php script the exec is executed with php 7.2 and I want it to be executed also with php 8.2

 

[Maarten]

Can you show a code example of what you mean?
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[Davididi]

putenv('PATH=/opt/plesk/php/8.2/bin:' . getenv('PATH'));
exec(php $command);

By default the exec function uses 7.2 and I have to change the PATH so that it uses 8.2, and I want it to always use 8.2, the php script uses 8.2

 

[mow]

On debian/ubuntu I would use update-alternatives to select which php `php` points to, no idea how that works in centos, worst case you'd have to manually overwrite /usr/bin/php with a symlink to your desired php binary.