PHP, which is an abbreviation for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is among the most commonly used open-source programming languages out there. Any website or Internet application based on PHP will run on a given server on the condition that a PHP module is enabled, which renders the language really universal and it isn’t really that unusual that there are actually a few million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP sites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML due to the fact that it permits you to set up a dynamic serving website with loads of different options. A PHP-based community web portal, for example, will serve different web content to each visitor despite the fact that the page URL will not change. In comparison, 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 developing a certain website must be present on the web server in order for the site to behave faultlessly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Hosting
If you get a hosting plan from us, you won’t ever have to wonder whether or not your sites are compatible with the hosting platform, since several versions of PHP are installed on our servers for the sake of your convenience. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel will allow you to select PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with only one click of the mouse and in case you wish to change the current version, the new settings will take effect straight away. Thus, years of work on websites created with an older PHP version will not be lost. Our hosting platform will even allow you to use a different PHP version for each domain hosted in your account, which suggests that you can run older and newer scripts at the same time. Most web hosting providers on the market offer support for one, sometimes for two PHP versions. In stark contrast with them, we strongly consider that you should be the one to select 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 websites were created with an earlier 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 semi-dedicated servers and each one of them can be activated for your account with just one click of the mouse from our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition to 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, which has already been dropped by the vast majority of hosting providers, but we strongly maintain that you shouldn’t be compelled to modify a website that took years to create, as older programming language syntax does not inevitably equal safety breaches. Just the opposite, a correctly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a non-maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we will also give you the opportunity to specify a different version of PHP for each individual site within your account.