WHM/cPanel is of great help when it comes for website hosting account management. You can add domains, email accounts, FTP accounts etc using few clicks.. You can also upgrade MySQL and PHP versions of your server easily.. You can follow the steps given below for the same : -

Upgrade PHP MySQL version on Linux server using WHM/cPanel

• Login to your WHM as root;
• Go to WHM >> Server Configuration >> Tweak Settings, scroll down to “MySQL” section, switch radio button to “5.0″ and click “Save” at the bottom of the screen;
• Open root level ssh session to your VPS/dedicated server  and run the “/scripts/mysqlup” command, wait until installation will be completed;
• Login to WHM as root;
• Go to WHM >> Main >> Software >> Apache Update
• Click on the “Load Previous Config” button (if exists);
• Select required PHP version and PHP options that your applications may need;
• Uncheck the “Skip Apache Build if up to date” option;
• Click “Start build” button at the bottom of the screen and wait 15-30 minutes.

that’s all you have latest version of PHP MySQL on your linux  dedicated server

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