PHP, which is a recursive abbreviation for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most popular reflective programming languages out there. Any site or Internet application created in PHP will run on a given web server as long as a PHP module is installed, which makes the language really universal and it’s scarcely surprising that there are actually several million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-driven sites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because it allows you to build a dynamic serving website with an abundance of options. A PHP-based community portal, for instance, will show different content to each visitor despite the fact that the page URL will stay the same. On the other hand, HTML sites are static and the page content can be edited only manually. Just like any other software, PHP has several versions and the version that was used while setting up a particular website must be set up on the server in order for the site to run properly.

PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Shared Website Hosting

In case you get a shared website hosting package from our company, you won’t ever need to ponder on whether or not your websites are compatible with the hosting environment, since several versions of PHP are enabled on our servers for your convenience’s sake. The Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to select PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with only one click and in case you want to change the current version, the update will be applied momentarily. Thus, years of work on websites built with an older version won’t go down the tube. Our web hosting platform will even allow you to use a different PHP version for each domain name hosted in your account, so you can run older and newer scripts at the same time. Most web hosting providers on the marketplace support one, sometimes two PHP versions. Unlike them, we strongly deem that you should be the one to choose the version that your very own sites will use.

PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers

Even in case your sites were built with an older version of PHP, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, since we support several versions running simultaneously on our servers and each of them can be activated for your account with no more than one click of the mouse from our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Aside from the latest PHP 8, we also support 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and the older PHP 4. The latter has already been abandoned by the vast majority of web hosting suppliers, but we hold that you shouldn’t be compelled to modify a website that took several years to create, since older script language syntax doesn’t always mean security vulnerabilities. Quite the opposite, a properly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more secure than an incompetently maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also offer you the opportunity to set a different version for each site within the account.