PHP, which is a recursive backronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most popular open-source server-side scripting languages available out there. Any site or web application written in PHP will run on a given web server on the condition that a PHP module is enabled, which renders the language truly universal and it isn’t really that unusual that there are a few million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered websites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because of the fact that it allows you to set up an interactive website with numerous features. A PHP-based community site, for instance, will serve unique content to each user in spite of the fact that the URL will be the same. In contrast, HTML-based sites are static and the content on the pages can be updated only manually. Like any other software program, PHP has different versions and the version that was used while setting up a particular website must be available on the web server in order for the site to work faultlessly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Shared Website Hosting
With our Linux shared website hosting, you will be able to choose which PHP version will be active for your shared web hosting account, since multiple versions are enabled on our servers. With just one click of the mouse, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and every time a new version is introduced in the future, we’ll add it to the Hepsia hosting Control Panel without removing the previous ones. Thus, you will be able to host all the sites that you’ve developed throughout the years. In stark contrast to lots of other companies, we will not compel you to update such sites, as a script may be outdated, but this doesn’t mean that it is vulnerable as you may have edited its source code to fill safety holes. For your convenience, you will even be able to pick a different PHP version for each site hosted in your shared account.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
Even if your websites were created with an older PHP version, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support multiple versions running at the same time on our servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with just one click of the mouse through our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition to 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 dropped by the vast majority of web hosting vendors, but we believe that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took several years to develop, as older programming language syntax doesn’t necessarily suggest safety vulnerabilities. On the contrary, a correctly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an inadequately maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we will also provide you with the possibility to select a different PHP version for each individual website within your account.