Installing PHP

Plesk provides support for multiple PHP versions and handler types out
of the box. This topic explains how the Plesk administrator can install
PHP on the server.

Installing and uninstalling PHP

To install a specific PHP version on the server or remove one from the
server, follow these steps:

1. Go to Tools & Settings > Updates, and then open
   the Add/Remove Components tab.

   • (Plesk for Linux) Expand the Web hosting section, and then the
     PHP interpreter versions section.
   • (Plesk for Windows) Expand the Plesk hosting features section.

2. Here, currently installed PHP versions are marked with a green
   checkbox icon, and those currently not installed with a red cross
   icon. Select the PHP versions you want to install by clicking the
   corresponding icon > Install. Select the PHP versions you want to
   remove by clicking the corresponding icon > Remove. On the
   screenshot below, PHP versions 7.3, 7.2, and 7.1 are marked for installation,
   while PHP versions 7.0 and 5.6—for removal.

   

3. Click Continue to install/remove the selected PHP versions.

Whenever a PHP version is installed, Plesk automatically configures the
standard PHP handler types (CGI, FastCGI, PHP-FPM) for it.

You can make certain handler types available or
unavailable to your customers for every PHP version
installed on the server (for example, you can allow your customers to
use both FastCGI and PHP-FPM with PHP 7.1, but only PHP-FPM with PHP
5.6). You can also configure PHP settings for every PHP
version individually.