{"id":2181,"date":"2026-02-13T17:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/hosting-php8-4-but-the-wordpress-admin-panel-says-its-php7-4\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:54:07","slug":"hosting-php8-4-but-the-wordpress-admin-panel-says-its-php7-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/hosting-php8-4-but-the-wordpress-admin-panel-says-its-php7-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The website hosting uses PHP version 8.4, but the WordPress admin panel says it uses PHP 7.4."},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress Problem: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

In cPanel, the PHP version has been upgraded to 8.4, but the WordPress admin panel still displays the message: “Current PHP version is 7.4.” Checking the .htaccess file reveals a command line: ‘application\/x-httpd-ea-php74___lsphp’.<\/span><\/span> Deleting it causes the system to automatically re-add it. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Cause of the problem: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

The command line ‘application\/x-httpd-ea-php74___lsphp’ exists in cPanel’s Apache Handlers. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. How to modify the Handler in cPanel: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
    \n
  • 2.1 cPanel >>> Advanced >>> Apache Handlers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2.2 Delete the handler ‘php74’<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2.3. ‘php74’ code in the .htaccess file will be deleted automatically.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    3. The problem is resolved.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    WordPress Problem: In cPanel, the PHP version has been upgraded to 8.4, but the WordPress admin panel still displays the message: “Current PHP version is 7.4.” Checking the .htaccess file reveals a command line: ‘application\/x-httpd-ea-php74___lsphp’. Deleting it causes the system to automatically re-add it. 1. Cause of the problem: The command line ‘application\/x-httpd-ea-php74___lsphp’ exists in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2249,"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions\/2249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadatony.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}