I have hosting with siteground and I have selected php8.0. But when I installed admin tools and allowed the .htaccess maker it changed my php selection at siteground to 7.4. Is there a way to stop this?
#38224 htaccess maker is overriding my php with my host server
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Environment Information
Joomla! version
4.2.6
PHP version
7.4 and 8.0
Admin Tools version
7.2.0
Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 22 December 2022 23:16 CST
Thursday, 22 December 2022 17:03 CST
robinclapp
Thursday, 22 December 2022 23:16 CST
nicholas
Akeeba Staff
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I recommend that you read the article I wrote for the December 2022 version of the Joomla! Community Magazine where I explained exactly what you asked in the Finishing Touches section: https://magazine.joomla.org/all-issues/december-2022/upgrading-your-site-to-php-8#finishing-touches
This information is implied in the Admin Tools documentation but never explicitly mentioned. Writing that article for the Joomla! Community Magazine I realised that most people won't make the connection between custom .htaccess directives and the PHP version; someone would have to know that this is how most hosts change the PHP version. What I wrote in the article will be copied into our documentation as well.
Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
Lead Developer and Director
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