title: Trying to set PHP 5.5 support using .htaccess file by adding this line AddType application/x-httpd-php55 .php
body: <p>I developed a website using Xampp 1.8.3, PHP version 5.5.3 on Windows 7. I have a hosting account to test my website. </p>
  
  <p>The hosting details are:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Apache version      2.4.6
  PHP version         5.3.27
  MySQL version       5.5.32-cll
  Architecture        x86_64
  Operating system    Linux
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The <code>password_hash()</code> and <code>verify_password()</code> functions belongs to PHP 5.5 and ofcourse these are not available in the old PHP versions. </p>
  
  <p>To fix this issue, my hosting people asked me to add these lines in .htaccess file.  </p>
  
  <pre><code># Use PHP 5.5
  AddType application/x-httpd-php55 .php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now my .htaccess file on the server looks like this.</p>
  
  <pre><code># PHP 5.5
  AddType application/x-httpd-php55 .php
  
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any issue if my hosting has Linux Operating system and i developed my website on windows 7?</p>
  
  <p>It still does not work after these changes being made by me. I googled a lot but could not find the solution. Please help me and suggest me what is wrong going on. If you want to check my website, here is a link <a href="http://forexincome8home.com/" rel="nofollow">My Website Link</a> </p>
  
  <p>Please help me out. Thanks!</p>