How to: Change your PHP configuration
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# How to: Change your PHP configuration
**This guide will:** Explain how to change your sites’ PHP version, memory limit, upload limit, and add custom PHP directives.
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**Contents:**
* [Instructions](#h%5F01GGW08J4R6ZDN55VXQXNVYMHC)
* [Video tutorial ](#h%5F01GGW08Q7Z473DJKXS7DKDC1XF)
#### **Instructions:**
1. From the platform dashboard, click on the cog icon beside the website you’d like to adjust.
1. Click on ‘PHP & Databases’ in the left-hand menu, or ‘Manage PHP’ beside your PHP version information.
1. From this page, complete the fields relating to version, memory limit, upload limit, or add any additional directives.
Some of the more common directives are: short\_open\_tag, max\_execution\_time, max\_input\_time and max\_input\_vars.
1. Once you add a new entry, click ‘Update Configuration’ to apply it.
**Note:** A full list of additional directive options can be found within [the PHP manual.](https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.list.php)
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#### **Video tutorial:**
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**Further reading:**
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