PHP Settings

Plesk Plesk Panel is the preferred choice for hosting service providers, web designers, and website owners. Plesk Obsidian 18 is the latest release from Plesk and offers a range of new benefits and features for every user type. provides full support for the PHP PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages. It is one of the first developed server-side scripting languages to be embedded into an HTML source document rather than calling an external file to process data. scripting language, including support for multiple PHP versions and handler types out of the box. This topic explains how PHP settings can be managed fir domains and subdomains from the Control Panel.

Choosing the PHP version

Plesk supports multiple PHP versions out of the box. To choose the PHP version for your domain or subdomain, go to Websites & Domains > PHP Settings and select the desired PHP version from the menu

Note that different PHP versions are not 100% compatible. A website written in PHP 5.3 may not function correctly if you configure PHP version 5.4 for the domain. If you are not sure what PHP version to choose, use the default setting or the latest version available. If your website is not displaying correctly, switch to a different PHP version.