php5 with cpanel

Is there a way to make cpanel handle all .php files as php5 rather than php4?
I can do this by renaming them all to .php5 but that would take ages!

This would be a great question to ask me...your host! By default on new hosting accounts, files ending in the extension .php will be parsed using PHP version 4. Files ending in .php5 will be parsed using PHP version 5. If you wish to override this default and have all files be parsed using PHP5, a .htaccess file can be placed in the directory you wish to use version 5 for .php files (if you want it site wide, just put the .htaccess file in your public_html directory). This .htaccess file needs to contain the following line somewhere in it (if this is all you're using this .htaccess file for, this would be the only line in the file):

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AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

This will cause Apache to parse .php files as PHP5. As nothing has been specified to the contrary, .php5 files will also still be parsed by PHP5. You can also do this though the command line, but that is more complex.

Sorry Jacob, I thought you were offline when I asked this.
Will try now
out of interest
Could this also go in the apache handlers section?

Don't ask me now...lol. I already told you the answer! ^^