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"

Thank you very much! This worked for me!
Only issue I encountered was:
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/opt/plesk/php/5.6/lib64/php/modules/twig.so' - /opt/plesk/php/5.6/lib64/php/modules/twig.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0PHP 5.6.18 (cli) (built: Feb 11 2016 11:49:12)

great, solved my problem without any headache

Works perfectly in Plesk 12.5.

Great Job ! ;)

Good Job. It worked perfectly

Sweet ! Thx budd

Perfect in Plesk 12.5. Many thanks :)

Thanks! Worked great on the new Plesk Onyx.

Works great! Plesk Onyx

Thx !!

Thanks,
worked for me in Plesk Onyx (Version 17.0.17 Update #17)

Thanks! Works perfect in Plesk 12.5.30

Works on plesk 17.5.3

worked for me on plesk 17.5.3

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.