PHP, which is an acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most famous web programming languages that are available out there. Any site or Internet application written in PHP will run on a given server on the condition that a PHP module is installed, which renders the language really universal and it is not all that unusual that there are a couple of million servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-powered sites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because of the fact that it allows you to develop an interactive website with numerous features. A PHP-based social networking site, for instance, will display unique content to each user irrespective of the fact that the page URL will stay the same. By contrast, HTML-based websites are static and the content on the pages can be modified only manually. Like any other piece of software, PHP has several versions and the version that was used whilst creating a certain website must be activated on the server in order for the site to behave properly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Web Hosting
Our web hosting servers support several PHP versions, so your sites will run flawlessly even if your scripts are out of date. We know that an old site doesn’t automatically equal a vulnerable one as you may have carried out plenty of code modifications. That is why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can select which one will be active for your web hosting account. You can change the version with one click of the mouse within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and the new settings will take effect instantaneously. In case you wish to run both older and newer scripts, there is even a possibility to use a different PHP version for each domain name of yours at the same time.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
Even in case your websites were built with an older version of PHP, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support multiple versions running simultaneously on our semi-dedicated servers and each one of them can be activated for your account with no more than one click of the mouse via our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. Apart from the most recent PHP 8, we also offer support for 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, which has already been abandoned by most hosting companies, but we think that you shouldn’t be forced to modify a site that took years to build, since older programming language syntax doesn’t always mean security holes. Just the opposite, a correctly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an unmaintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also give you the possibility to set a different version of PHP for each site within the account.