PHPMyAdmin runs on old PHP 5.6 - how do I change PHP version?

Hi,
I just realized that PHPMyAdmin is running on PHP 5.6 - at least that's what the web interface says in the information panel.

Both php and php-cgi is set to php7.3:

Code:

jemt@isp:~$ update-alternatives --config php
There are 3 choices for the alternative php (providing /usr/bin/php).

  Selection    Path             Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/php7.3   73        auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/php5     50        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/php7.0   70        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/php7.3   73        manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 

Code:

jemt@isp:~$ update-alternatives --config php-cgi
There are 3 choices for the alternative php-cgi (providing /usr/bin/php-cgi).

  Selection    Path                 Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/php-cgi7.3   73        auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/php-cgi7.0   70        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/php-cgi7.3   73        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/php5-cgi     50        manual mode

Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 

I installed PHPMyAdmin like described in this article:
https://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-...stall-phpmyadmin-database-administration-tool

How do I make it run on PHP 7.3? I plan on upgrading to PHP 8 soon, so eventually I will need to make it run on that instead.

- Thank you

Jimmy

 

Here is the Apache conf file for PHPMyAdmin:

Code:

# phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration

Alias /pma /usr/share/pma

<Directory /usr/share/pma>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        DirectoryIndex index.php

        <IfModule mod_php7.c>
                AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

                php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
                php_flag track_vars On
                php_flag register_globals Off
                php_value include_path .
        </IfModule>

</Directory>

# Authorize for setup
<Directory /usr/share/pma/setup>
        <IfModule mod_authn_file.c>
                AuthType Basic
                AuthName "phpMyAdmin Setup"
                AuthUserFile /etc/pma/htpasswd.setup
        </IfModule>
        Require valid-user
</Directory>

# Disallow web access to directories that don't need it
<Directory /usr/share/pma/libraries>
        Order Deny,Allow
        Deny from All
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/share/pma/setup/lib>
        Order Deny,Allow
        Deny from All
</Directory>

 

Okay, I see.

Code:

jemt@isp:~$ apt-cache search libapache | grep -i php
libapache2-mod-php - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) (default)
libapache2-mod-php7.3 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module)
php7.3-fpm - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)
libapache2-mod-php5 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module)
libapache2-mod-php7.0 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module)
php5-cgi - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary)
php5-fpm - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)
php7.0-fpm - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)

I do have mod-php7.3 installed:

Code:

root@isp:/# dpkg --get-selections | grep -i libapache2-mod-php
libapache2-mod-php                              install
libapache2-mod-php5                             install
libapache2-mod-php7.0                           install
libapache2-mod-php7.3                           install

You mention the use of a2enconf and a2disconf - but libapache2-mod-phpXX are modules, right? So shouldn't it be a2enmod and a2dismod?
I would guess this would be the solution - am I right or wrong here?

Code:

a2dismod php5
a2enmod php7.3
apache2ctl restart

If my suggestion above is correct, will it affect our ISPConfig environment in any way?
I would expect all websites to continue running on the Default PHP version set in ISPConfig - or an alternative PHP version if explicitly set for a given website.

- Thanks again

 

Excellent. Thanks a lot @till