PHP, which is an abbreviation for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most commonly used general-purpose programming languages available out there. Any website or Internet application created with PHP will run on a given server as long as a PHP module is activated, which makes the language truly universal and it isn’t a huge surprise that there are a few million web servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-powered sites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML owing to the fact that it allows you to build a responsive website with many different options. A PHP-based social networking site, for example, will show unique content to each user irrespective of the fact that the URL will not change. In comparison, HTML-based websites are static and the page content itself can be edited only manually. Just like any other software, PHP has different versions and the one that was used while setting up a certain website must be enabled on the server in order for the site to work properly.

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

Our website hosting servers support several PHP versions, which means that your websites will work without any problem even if your scripts are out of date. We know that an old site doesn’t inevitably imply a vulnerable one as you may have implemented lots of code mods. That’s the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can select which version will be active for your shared hosting account. You can change the version with just one click of the mouse within your Hepsia Control Panel and the new settings will be applied straight away. In case you would like to run both newer and older scripts, there is even a possibility to use a different version of PHP for each domain name of yours at the same time.

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

In case you have a website built on an older PHP version and you’ve poured time and energy into setting it up, fixing security holes and appending web page content, you will need a web hosting service that can support it, as almost all web hosting vendors nowadays support only the latest PHP version and abandon the older ones. We, on the other hand, have decided to permit you to choose the version that your own websites need. Our semi-dedicated hosting support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which goes to say that you will be able to run both newer and older scripts without losing any manual tweaks or misspending time striving to make your websites compatible with the hosting environment. The version can be changed through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such a change will affect the entire semi-dedicated account, but you will also have the ability to select a different PHP version for each site hosted in your account by means of an .htaccess file.