How to run latest PHP via SSH at Media Temple

By Matt Woicik|2021-05-02T17:07:29-07:00September 25th, 2018|Categories: Websites|

I was trying to upgrade Mediawiki on my shared hosting GRID account at Media Temple but got a message that the version of PHP was too old. I checked and the account was using a newer version. I then found that the SSH shell could be using a different version of PHP.

This can be tested by entering:

php –v

So, opened a support chat with Media Temple and found out that they have aliased different PHP versions. So instead of typing in “php”, you could type in “php-latest” and then a command.

About the Author: Matt Woicik

Matt is a digital marketing strategist and the owner of ML2 Solutions, a digital marketing agency. He helps businesses increase awareness and get more leads using digital marketing. New marketing methods are confusing, always changing and difficult to figure out. Matt helps to explain things and provide solutions with clear results.