Thread:Project:Support desk/Having trouble running update.php/reply (8)

Thanks for your replies. Godaddy responded with an "answer" to my queries, and this is what they said.

I understand that you are concerned about the PHP version on your hosting account. Your hosting account is using PHP 5.3. This does not necessarily mean that your MediaWiki scripting is using the same version. We do not support the inner functionality of third party applications and have no control over what PHP version the application is using. I recommend that you review this issue with MediaWiki support or do some research on your favorite search engine or support forum. You will need to review your question about the specific command with a support forum as well. We are not able to provide commands for third party applications.

I've asked them what the command is before, but this is the first time they said anything in response to it. They have nothing and told me to look elsewhere, which I have been, I just haven't found a solution that works.

@Inquisitor Ehrenstein:

I have a Windows server. I used the absolute hosting path to try to run the update.php, and it said the same thing as before. -bash-3.2$ php /home/content/79/9779079/html/wiki/maintenance/update.php Content-type: text/html

You are using PHP version 4.4.9 but MediaWiki needs PHP 5.3.2 or higher. ABORTING. Check if you have a newer php executable with a different name, such as php5.

I tried that with the commands php, php5, and php53.

Godaddy definitely says I'm running PHP 5.3 on my server but every time I try to do anything, it says I have 4.4.9. I'm so lost right now. Is there a way I should be using shell to install PHP onto my server?