Need Help " running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5

Cyberduck should be set up by default to show hidden files, so if you don’t have one then you’ll need to make one.

But if the advice was to add a line into your .htaccess to define PHP5 explicitly then yes, you do need to do that ?? 1&1 should have directions.

when you tried an auto update was there an error msg about php version?

The published requirements are the minimum versions of PHP MySQL required, so the only way to gets it working is to get 1&1 to update PHP (& MySQL if required) or move to a better hosting company

Thanks, I talked to 1and1 and figured it out!

In case anyone else is having problems like this and especially if you’re using 1and1 ( 1&1 ), you’ll need to ad the following to the very top of your root .htaccess file:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

By default 1and1 ( 1&1 ) it’s set for PHP4, so you’ll need to add that to your .htacces file to use PHP5

I still get the same error message, even after I’ve created the .htaccess file, when I try to install WordPress on my 1&1 server:

“Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.”

Created an .htaccess file (text file) with the following data as instructed by 1&1 support):

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
RewriteEngine on

And uploaded it to the root directory of a subfolder of my site (where WordPress is installed) – same level as the ‘file index.php’ – and still get error message as above.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Contact 1&1 or move to a better hosting company

I still get the same error message, even after I’ve created the .htaccess file, when I try to install WordPress on my 1&1 server:

“Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.”

Created an .htaccess file (text file) with the following data as instructed by 1&1 support):

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
RewriteEngine on

And uploaded it to the root directory of a subfolder of my site (where WordPress is installed) – same level as the ‘file index.php’ – and still get error message as above.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Without seeing your entire site root .htaccess file I could only guess.

Just add this to very top (so it will be the first directive):
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

Hey guys forget the .htaccess folder… listen up!!!! If you are using 1&1 for your hosting… SOme guy posted this on another post in this forum… worked for me!

“I had to reply to this…i just wasted 2 1/2 hours searching, and making, renaming .htaccess a million times, via 1&1 web space access, and filezilla.
What worked for me, i just deleted me .htaccess file in my root folder, where the index.php folder is.

then, in the 1&1 control panel, under “Domains and Web Space” then under “Web Space” go to the link “Global PHP Version” then change it to “php5”

This was for 1&1 Home Linux hosting.
Good Luck. Hopefully it wont take you as long it did for me”

A big thanks to djciscoelnino for saving my life! Hope this helps guys…

Thanks cmadriles for sharing what you discovered here, and I’m glad my search brought me here immediately, so I didn’t have to contact 1and1. This webhost is among the most affordable (with its 6-month payment scheme, in contrast to others’ 3-year scheme to be able to get the cheapest plan rate) among the large webhosts, but oftentimes we do things on our own. I rarely ask things from 1and1 because sometimes they give the right solutions, sometimes they don’t. I just have to bear it because I can’t afford yet the other hosts.
Thanks also to djciscoelnino.

By the way, cubecolour, how do we get a link like yours via your username? Thanks a lot. Sorry that it’s not related to the original forum question.

novem – S’okay ?? Edit your profile so you have a URL listed (which I see you have).

Now. Wait.

There’s a secret formula that, after a set period of time, will magically make your name show up as a link too.

Wow, Ipstenu, that was fast! Thanks. So then I’d just have to wait for the magic. Thanks

I’m a WordPress and 1&1 novice. Can someone tell me where/how I can locate the .htaccess file? I’m trying to install WP and I too am receiving the “Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.”

Thank you.

Check 1&1’s support documentation/knowledgebase. From what I recall, you need to create an .htaccess file in the domain root folder.

Here is what 1&1 support told me to do. It took less then a minute.

? Log into your 1&1 admin panel.
? Under “Domains & Web Space > Webspace > click “Global PHP Version”
? Next to “PHP Version” is a drop down box. Click the arrow and select “php 5” then click “Save”

It was very easy and worked for me. Hope this helps someone.