How to switch to a different PHP version with htaccess

To switch to PHP 7.1

1	AddHandler application/x–httpd–php71 .php .php5 .php4 .php3

To switch to PHP 7.0

1	AddHandler application/x–httpd–php70 .php .php5 .php4 .php3

To switch to PHP 5.6

1	AddHandler application/x–httpd–php56 .php .php5 .php4 .php3

To switch to PHP 5.5

1	AddHandler application/x–httpd–php55 .php .php5 .php4 .php3

To switch to PHP 5.4

1	AddHandler application/x–httpd–php54 .php .php5 .php4 .php3

To switch to PHP 5.3

1	AddHandler application/x–httpd–php53 .php .php5 .php4 .php3

This setting will apply recursively to all of the subdirectories. In case you’d like to have a different version of PHP in a subdirectory, create a new .htaccess file in it with the directive for the desired PHP version in it.