Under N99panel multiple PHP versions are available. There are three ways PHP is used
– FPM (via browser)
– CLI (Command Line Interface)
– Cron daemon

PHP usage via FPM is handled from within N99panel interface. Each VHost/Website under N99panel can have its own PHP version

When using PHP CLI via SSH, ‘Full SSHD flavor’ needs to be enabled for the respective user under ‘Manage SSHd/Crond’. Following points/info be considered

Multiple PHP versions as accessible via

php70
php71
php72
php73
php74
php80
php81
php82

The default PHP version accessed via php command is PHP 7.4

Multiple corresponding composer versions are accessible via

compose70 
composer71 
composer72 
composer73 
composer74 
composer80 
composer81

To use composer with PHP 8.2, please use the following command to access composer

php82 /usr/local/bin/composer

When using PHP with Cron daemon or cronjobs, ‘Full SSHD flavor’ needs to be enabled along with CronD for the respective user under ‘Manage SSHD/Crond’. For running cronjobs, your can refer to - Enabling Cron Jobs

Under cron, Multiple PHP versions are accessible using full paths of php executables as under

/usr/bin/php70
/usr/bin/php71
/usr/bin/php72
/usr/bin/php73
/usr/bin/php74
/usr/bin/php80
/usr/bin/php81
/usr/bin/php82

Multiple corresponding composer versions are accessible as under :

/usr/bin/php70 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php71 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php72 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php73 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php74 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php80 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php81 /usr/local/bin/composer
/usr/bin/php82 /usr/local/bin/composer

A typical cron job may look like

*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/php80 /home/user/vhost_public_html/phpscript.php

The above cron will execute the above script every 15 min. Please note that cron jobs under N99panel word as per UTC time zone.

If you require a custom PHP extension, please let us know so that we can make it available for you.