sudo update-alternatives –config php
sudo update-alternatives –config phar
sudo update-alternatives –config phar.phar
sudo update-alternatives –config php
sudo update-alternatives –config phar
sudo update-alternatives –config phar.phar
Default PHP 5.6 is set on your system and you need to switch to PHP 7.1.
Apache:
sudo a2dismod php5.6
sudo a2enmod php7.1
sudo service apache2 restart.blog-code
Command Line:
sudo update-alternatives –set php /usr/bin/php7.1
sudo update-alternatives –set phar /usr/bin/phar7.1
sudo update-alternatives –set phar.phar /usr/bin/phar.phar7.1
Default PHP 7.1 is set on your system and you need to switch to PHP 5.6.
Apache:
sudo a2dismod php7.1
sudo a2enmod php5.6
sudo service apache2 restart
Command Line:
sudo update-alternatives –set php /usr/bin/php5.6
sudo update-alternatives –config php
should work for all ubuntu versions after 16.04 (18.04 and 20.04)
This is what you should see as a response
There are 4 choices for the alternative php (providing /usr/bin/php).
Selection Path Priority Status
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* 0 /usr/bin/php7.2 72 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/php5.6 56 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/php7.0 70 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/php7.1 71 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/php7.2 72 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
Choose the appropriate version