Change php cli version in plesk

phpversion.sh

#!/bin/sh

printf "Switching php to version 5.6 with symlinks.\n"
printf "Press any key to continue...\n"

read CONTINUE

printf "Creating backups..."

# Backup original binaries
mv /usr/bin/php /usr/bin/php.backup
mv /usr/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php-cgi.backup
# mv /usr/bin/phpize /usr/bin/phpize.backup

printf " done.\n\n"

printf "Creating symlinks..."

# Create symlinks to the plesk ones
ln -s /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php /usr/bin/php
ln -s /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php-cgi
# ln -s /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/phpize /usr/bin/phpize

printf " done.\n\n"

printf "Process completed.\n"
printf "PHP version is:\n"

php -v

printf "\nand PHP binary path is:\n"

which php

printf "\n\n"

you are a life saver

This needs to be done with Root right? How do I obtain roots credentials from Plesk?

I've used this on several servers and all works ok except one seems to keep reverting back to an older version now and again, I assume some plesk update is overwriting the change, anyone know how to stop that from happening?

Thanks it work for me too.