Obsolete PHP version is not reported

[schohmik]

Hi,

I am using Joomla 4 as superuser administrator. When I start the background there is no error message shown
that the PHP version is obsolete.

Thank you for help!

[JAVesey]

Hi,

I am using Joomla 4 as superuser administrator. When I start the background there is no error message shown
that the PHP version is obsolete.

Thank you for help!

Is there a question here? What is it that you need help with?

[toivo]

Which version of PHP does the web server have? What does Joomla report, when you go to System - Information - System Information - PHP Information?

Go to Plugins and search for 'PHP'. Is the plugin 'Quick Icon - PHP Version Check' enabled?

[schohmik]

Hi,

the plugin PHP Version Check' enabled. It seems that this plugin sets PHP to a valuable version independently of
which version the web server has. Is this interpretation correct?

[toivo]

That interpretation is not correct. The plugin reports the version of PHP that Joomla is running under, as assigned by the configuration of the web server.

[schohmik]

It's a bit curious that the webserver has PHP-version 8.0.30 (which is outdated) and the system information says 8.1.27.

[toivo]

Check the file .htaccess in the main Joomla folder. Some hosts add directives there to load a particular version of PHP.

[schohmik]

The htaccess is made by akeeba.admintools.
What shall I check in the htaccess?

[Per Yngve Berg]

You are not comparing the CLI php version with the one run by the web server? They may be different.

[schohmik]

I have deleted the .htaccess in my FTP. The result is quite the same: In backend system/system information the version of PHP is a valuable one (8.1.27) though the webserver has PHP-version 8.0.30 (which is outdated).

[JAVesey]

I have deleted the .htaccess in my FTP.

You will have a file called htaccess.txt in your Joomla root directory. This will be the one which came with your current Joomla version. Rename it to .htaccess otherwise your SEF URLs won’t work.

There is nothing in this htaccess.txt which will interfere with the PHP version that your site is running.

Have you checked the content of other .htaccess files, e.g. in your /administrator folder? It’s possible that there’s a directive in other .htaccess files.

[schohmik]

As I mentioned above: I have deleted the .htaccess in my FTP. The result is quite the same: In backend system/system information the version of PHP is a valuable one (8.1.27) though the webserver has PHP-version 8.0.30 (which is outdated).

[JAVesey]

As I mentioned above: I have deleted the .htaccess in my FTP. The result is quite the same: In backend system/system information the version of PHP is a valuable one (8.1.27) though the webserver has PHP-version 8.0.30 (which is outdated).

I think you might have misunderstood. You could have more than one .htaccess file, including one in the /administrator folder inside your Joomla root directory. It could be that the reported php version and the one that you’re running are different.

[schohmik]

I have two htaccess-files one as htaccess.txt and one as .htaccess.

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[AMurray]

Delete the existing .htaccess file. Rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess which is what @JAvesey stated above.

[schohmik]

It's not working: on the webserver the version is 8.0.30 (outdated) and joomla system information says version is 8.2.16

[Per Yngve Berg]

Where do you see the 8.0.30?

[schohmik]

sorry but I mentioned it just before: on the webserver the version is 8.0.30 (outdated)

[toivo]

on the webserver the version is 8.0.30

How do you know this? Did your host tell you that? Or do you have full access to the server?

If you can run a command in the shell that displays the version of PHP, it is the Command Line Interface (CLI) version of PHP, which can be different from the version of PHP installed in the web server. Joomla uses the version of PHP integrated with the web server, not the CLI version.

[schohmik]

I have full access to the server.

and can choose the PHP version:

The Joomla system information shows.

[JAVesey]

Your site will be running under PHP 8.2.16, as Joomla reports.

What happens when you select 8.2.16 on the server?

[schohmik]

Same result.