diff --git a/plogical/cPanelImporter.py b/plogical/cPanelImporter.py
index 6d9d4dc64..54c3ba268 100644
--- a/plogical/cPanelImporter.py
+++ b/plogical/cPanelImporter.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class cPanelImporter:
                 if value[2] == 'main':
                     self.MainSite = value
                     self.PHPVersion = value[9]
-                    self.InheritPHP = self.PHPDecider()
+                    self.InheritPHP = self.PHPDecider(key)
                 else:
                     self.OtherDomainNames.append(key)
                     self.OtherDomains.append(value)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class cPanelImporter:
         except BaseException as msg:
             print(str(msg))
 
-    def PHPDecider(self):
+    def PHPDecider(self, domainName):
 
         if self.PHPVersion == 'inherit':
             self.PHPVersion = 'PHP 7.4'
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ class cPanelImporter:
             self.PHPVersion = 'PHP 8.0'
         elif self.PHPVersion.find('81') > -1:
             self.PHPVersion = 'PHP 8.1'
+        elif self.PHPVersion.find('82') > -1:
+            self.PHPVersion = 'PHP 8.2'
             
         if self.PHPVersion == '':
             if self.InheritPHP != '':
@@ -111,6 +113,22 @@ class cPanelImporter:
             else:
                 self.PHPVersion = 'PHP 7.4'
 
+        ### if the PHP Version extracted from file is not available then change it to next available
+
+        try:
+
+            from plogical.phpUtilities import phpUtilities
+
+            completePathToConfigFile = f'/usr/local/lsws/conf/vhosts/{domainName}/vhost.conf'
+
+            phpVersion = phpUtilities.FindIfSaidPHPIsAvaiableOtherwiseMaketheNextOneAvailableToUse(completePathToConfigFile, self.PHPVersion)
+
+            if phpVersion != self.PHPVersion:
+                logging.statusWriter(self.logFile, f'PHP version for {self.mainDomain} has been changed from {self.PHPVersion} to {phpVersion}.', 1)
+                self.PHPVersion = phpVersion
+        except:
+            pass
+
         return self.PHPVersion
 
     def SetupSSL(self, path, domain):
@@ -207,7 +225,7 @@ class cPanelImporter:
             logging.statusWriter(self.logFile, message, 1)
 
             self.PHPVersion = self.MainSite[9]
-            self.PHPDecider()
+            self.PHPDecider(self.mainDomain)
 
             message = 'PHP version of %s is %s.' % (DomainName, self.PHPVersion)
             logging.statusWriter(self.logFile, message, 1)
@@ -355,7 +373,7 @@ class cPanelImporter:
                     ## Find PHP Version
 
                     self.PHPVersion = self.OtherDomains[counter][9]
-                    self.PHPDecider()
+                    self.PHPDecider(items)
 
                     message = 'Calling core to create %s.' % (items)
                     logging.statusWriter(self.logFile, message, 1)
diff --git a/plogical/phpUtilities.py b/plogical/phpUtilities.py
index ceb06415d..fc642d25b 100755
--- a/plogical/phpUtilities.py
+++ b/plogical/phpUtilities.py
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ class phpUtilities:
             return result
 
         else:
-            command = f'grep -Eo -m 1 "php[0-9]+" {vhFile}'
+            command = f'grep -Po "php\d+" {vhFile} | head -n 1'
             result = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command, None, True).rstrip('\n')
             result = f'/usr/local/lsws/ls{result}/bin/lsphp'
             result = result.rsplit("lsphp", 1)[0] + "php"
             return result
 
-
+    ## returns something like PHP 8.2
     @staticmethod
     def WrapGetPHPVersionFromFileToGetVersionWithPHP(vhFile):
         result = phpUtilities.GetPHPVersionFromFile(vhFile)
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ class phpUtilities:
         php_version = ProcessUtilities.outputExecutioner(command, None, True).rstrip('\n')
         return f"PHP {php_version}"
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def FindIfSaidPHPIsAvaiableOtherwiseMaketheNextOneAvailableToUse(vhFile, phpVersion):
+        result = phpUtilities.GetPHPVersionFromFile(vhFile)
+
+        if os.path.exists(result):
+            return phpVersion
+        else:
+            from managePHP.phpManager import PHPManager
+            return PHPManager.findPHPVersions()[-2]
+
+
 
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/plogical/vhost.py b/plogical/vhost.py
index 1cff43495..83f37b842 100755
--- a/plogical/vhost.py
+++ b/plogical/vhost.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import sys
 import django
 
 from plogical.acl import ACLManager
-
 sys.path.append('/usr/local/CyberCP')
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "CyberCP.settings")
 try:
@@ -629,6 +628,10 @@ class vhost:
         #HomePath = website.externalApp
         virtualHostUser = externalApp
 
+        from plogical.phpUtilities import phpUtilities
+
+        phpVersion = phpUtilities.FindIfSaidPHPIsAvaiableOtherwiseMaketheNextOneAvailableToUse(vhFile, phpVersion)
+
         phpDetachUpdatePath = '/home/%s/.lsphp_restart.txt' % (vhFile.split('/')[-2])
         if ProcessUtilities.decideServer() == ProcessUtilities.OLS:
             try: