PHP, which stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most popular web programming languages out there. Any site or web app built on PHP will run on a given server as long as a PHP module is installed, which makes the language really universal and it’s not all that unusual that there are several million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-driven websites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because it permits you to set up an interactive website with an abundance of different features. A PHP-based social network, for example, will serve unique web content to each user despite the fact that the page URL will remain the same. In comparison, HTML sites are static and the page content can be modified only manually. Like any other piece of software, PHP has different versions and the version that was used whilst developing a particular website must be activated on the server in order for the site to behave correctly.

PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Web Hosting

With our Linux web hosting, you’ll be able to pick which version of PHP will be enabled for your shared hosting account, since different versions are installed on our servers. With just one click, you’ll be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and each time a new version is published in the future, we’ll add it to the Hepsia hosting Control Panel without removing the older ones. Thus, you will be able to host all the sites that you’ve developed over the years. In contrast with lots of other web hosting vendors, we won’t force you to update such websites, as a script may be outdated, but this doesn’t automatically mean that it’s vulnerable since you may have modified its source code to fill safety holes. For your convenience’s sake, you’ll even be able to specify a different PHP version for each single website hosted in your account.

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

Even if your websites were created with an earlier version of PHP, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support several 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 through our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Other than the newest 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 hosting providers, but we strongly feel that you should not be forced to modify a site that took several years to build, as older programming language syntax does not always suggest safety breaches. Just the opposite, a rightly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a non-maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also provide you with the possibility to pick a different version for each single website within your account.