how to change php version in htaccess in server

Question

I'm using `php 5.3` on my local machine. On our webserver we have `php 4.8`. Our server is a shared server. So I want to change the php version on our server via `.htaccess` file. Is it possible to do it? If yes how to do it?

Accepted Answer

To switch to PHP 4.4:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php4 .php
```

To switch to PHP 5.0:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php
```

To switch to PHP 5.1:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php51 .php
```

To switch to PHP 5.2:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .php
```

To switch to PHP 5.3:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php53 .php
```

To switch to PHP 5.4:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .php
```

To switch to PHP 5.5:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php55 .php
```

To switch to PHP 5.6:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php56 .php
```

To switch to PHP 7:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php7 .php
```

To switch to PHP 7.1:

```
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php71 .php
```

how to change php version in htaccess in server

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