Hi,

Because of odbc problems in PHP 7, I backed out to development on 5.6. I selected PHP 5.3 through 5.6 in Run & Debug/Settings, and made sure that the Path in the SRV Web Server is correct, for php 6.

But PHPEd is still pointing to 7. If I start the code with a phpinfo(), it says it's PHP Version 7.1.6.


I've tried both SRV Web Server and Local Server. In IIS, it's configured for 5.6 now.


How do I get PHPEd to recognize and use another version, other than php 7?

check Tools -> Settings > SRV web server and Tools -> Settings -> PHP CLI for srv and cli run mode respectively.
You need to make sure that php5.3-5.6 line points to php-cgi.exe and php.exe of version 5.6 respectively.
Then make sure this line is in effect by selecting php5.3-5.6 on project properties -> Parser properties page. If project-specific parser properties are not enabled, you have to select them in global settings: on tools->settings->Code Insight -> Settings page (see target php version input)
Also you may want to make sure that you are running SRV or CLI because otherwise php version is not under PhpED's control.

"Then make sure this line is in effect by selecting php5.3-5.6 on project properties -> Parser properties page."

This is the reason, thanks dmitri.