Choose your preferred environment
Standard environment
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The PHP 7.2 (beta) runtime is capable of running any framework, library, or binary.
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The PHP 5.5 runtime does not allow native code, filesystem access, or arbitrary network connections, and has proprietary APIs.
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Optimized to scale nearly instantaneously to handle huge traffic spikes.
Flexible environment
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Open source runtimes capable of running any framework, library, or binary.
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Greater CPU and memory instance types.
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Can access resources in the same Compute Engine network.
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PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2