Google Cloud Platform - Server running PHP 7.3x however Wordpress says 7.0x - How do I get WP to run on 7.3x?

Question

I'm having an issue. I've installed 7.3x on the server - However, my WP says it's running on 7.0x

Using GCP VM Click-to-deploy WP - Standard VM type.

How do I get WordPress to use the updated PHP?

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Server SSH PHP Version - Wordpress PHP Version

Answer 1

You have two option Web publishing platform for building multiple blogs and websites from GCP Marketplace as follow:

WordPress Multisite (Google Click to Deploy) Estimated costs: $24.75/month

Apache 2.4.25
Google-Fluentd 1.6.36
MySQL-Client 5.7.30
MySQL-Server 5.7.30
PHP 7.4.6
Stackdriver-Agent 5.5.2
WP-CLI 2.4.0
WordPress 5.4.1

WordPress (Google Click to Deploy) Estimated costs: $13.61/month

Package contents
Apache 2.4.25
Google-Fluentd 1.6.37
MySQL-Client 5.7.30
MySQL-Server 5.7.30
PHP 7.4.7
Stackdriver-Agent 5.5.2
WP-CLI 2.4.0
WordPress 5.4.2
phpMyAdmin 5.0.2