How to Set the PHP Version per Folder?

Do you have a single domain or wish to use ° different PHP version per folder? Do you have an installed PHP 5.x software in a folder/blog and want to use a PHP 7.x instead? If so, you can do this using cPanel and the .htaccess file.

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the "Software" section, click on the "MultiPHP Manager" icon.

3. Assume that we are new to this and the first thing we will need to do is to get the code generated by cPanel.

4. Scroll down to the end of page, select your domain from the left side and you will see the option "PHP Version" with a drop-down list on the right side. Select the appropriate PHP version from the drop-down menu and click the Apply button.

5. Now open the /public_html/.htaccess file in the cPanel File Manager or in your FTP client and you will find the code generated by cPanel.

6. After you copy the code, you will wish to set the PHP version to version 7 in the folder/forum, which means you will need to create a .htaccess file in the folder /forum/ and paste the code which was generat

Question 2

How to Delete Account Level/Global Email Filter in cPanel?

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How to Delete Account Level/Global Email Filter in cPanel?

1. Open "Account-Level Filtering" in your cPanel Account.

2. Under "Current Filters" you can see all of your existing filters. Click on "Delete" next to the appropriate filter name.

3. Click on the "Delete" button.

4. Now click on the "Delete Filter" button to remove your filter.

Question 3

How to ban any IP Address via .htaccess?

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How to ban any IP Address via .htaccess?

If someone is trying to hack your website or you want to block their IP Address, you can add this line to your .htaccess file.

order allow,deny
deny from IP-ADDRESS
allow from all

Replace "IP-ADDRESS" with the IP Address you want to block.

Question 4

How to enable boxtrapper in cPanel?

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How to enable boxtrapper in cPanel?

BoxTrapper requires all email senders who are not on your whitelist to reply to a verification email before you receive their mail. This protects your inbox from spam.

If you want to get rid of unwanted emails then you can enable this on all your emails or only on selected emails and you need to configure BoxTrapper.

1. Login to your cPanel Account,

2. In the "Email" section, click on "BoxTrapper" Icon.
under "Status" tab. Click on the "Manage" Link.

4. On the BoxTrapper Manage Page, if the current status is "Disabled", click on the "Enable" button.

Question 5

How to redirect a page to another page or website using .htaccess?

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How to redirect a page to another page or website using .htaccess?

If a page on your website no longer exist and you want to redirect it to your new page or website then you can use the .htaccess file for redirection without waiting.

Redirect from a page/directory to another domain or the main domain:

Redirect from a specific page to a domain:
RewriteEngine on
Redirect 301 /mypage.html http://example.com

Redirect from a page to another page:
Redirect from a page/directory to another page
Redirect 301 /oldpage.html /newpage.html

Now, whenever you open the url example.com/oldpage.html, it will automatically redirect you to example.com/newpage.html.

Question 6

How to change PHP version on your domain using cPanel?

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How to change PHP version on your domain using cPanel?

Some software requires older version of PHP like 5.6 while other asks for PHP7. If it happens you need either of the versions, you can switch to it from cPanel.

1. Log into your cPanel account.
2. In the "Software" section, click on the "MultiPHP Manager" Icon.

3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, select your domain from the left side of the screen and you will see an option "PHP Version" with a drop-down menu on the right side. Select the appropriate PHP version from it and click the Apply button.

If will take a few seconds and then your PHP version will change to your selected version.

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