Comments on: Running PHP 5 for WordPress with 1&1 Hosting

By: Marcus Janz

Marcus Janz — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:31:39 +0000

THANKS!!! This is exactly what I was looking for!

By: Sean T.

Sean T. — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:48:18 +0000

I am surprised that even today this is still needed advice (no thanks to 1AND1). Once I learned what may be going on after I upgraded WordPress I had to downgrade my version of WP and then found your tips, the helpful PHP version script and the “update permalinks” advice which solved my problem. Thanks for the clear, concise and helpful information! Now all I need to do is start posting again…

By: David

David — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:05:28 +0000

ah – thank you … good old 1and1 … changed the global PHP set up in the admin area … waited 20 minutes … still nothing! Changing the .htaccess file was perfect. Thanks again.

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By: Micheal Sharrieff

Micheal Sharrieff — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:17:16 +0000

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By: Lightning Rod

Lightning Rod — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:48 +0000

Not working for me. I still get the same error message when I try to install WordPress on my 1&1 server:

“Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.”

I have created an .htaccess file as a text file with the following data:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
RewriteEngine on

And uploaded it to the root directory of a subfolder of my site (where WordpPress is installed) – same level as the file index.php.

Any helpful suggestions appreciated.

By: rajat

rajat — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:20:41 +0000

there’s the htaccess code for wordpress on this site you can just copy it

http://taigeair.com/2011/05/16/force-php5-on-1and1-wordpress/

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By: gabediaz

gabediaz — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:01:05 +0000

@Leeka – Sounds great, glad you figured it all out!