PHP, which is an initialism for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most commonly used open-source server-side coding languages available out there. Any website or Internet app created in PHP will run on a given server provided that a PHP module is installed, which renders the language absolutely universal and it is little surprise that there are actually several million web servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-powered websites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML owing to the fact that it allows you to create an interactive site with a myriad of features. A PHP-based social network, for instance, will serve unique web content to each user even though the URL will stay the same. In contrast, HTML websites are static and the page content itself can be updated only manually. Just like any other software, PHP has different versions and the version that was used whilst setting up a given website must be installed on the web server in order for the site to work flawlessly.

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

With our cloud web hosting plans, you will be able to select the version of PHP that will be enabled for your shared account, since we offer support for multiple versions. With just one click, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and whenever a new version is published in the future, we’ll include it in the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the older versions. Thus, you will be able to host all the sites that you’ve created throughout the years. In stark contrast to lots of other companies, we will not compel you to update such websites, because a script may be out of date, but this does not mean that it’s insecure since you may have done modifications to its code to plug security loopholes. For the sake of your convenience, you’ll even be able to specify a different PHP version for each website that you host in your hosting account.

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

Even in case your websites were created with an earlier PHP version, you will 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 of them can be enabled for your account with just one click of the mouse via our in-house developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition to 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 dropped by most hosting providers, but we feel that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took years to create, as older programming language syntax does not always suggest safety vulnerabilities. Quite the opposite, a rightly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a negligently maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we will also offer you the possibility to choose a different PHP version for each site within your account.