PHP, which is a backronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is among the most popular dynamic programming languages out there. Any website or web-based app written in PHP will run on a given web server on the condition that a PHP module is activated, which makes the language really universal and it isn’t a surprise that there are several million web servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-driven websites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because it enables you to develop a responsive site with a lot of different options. A PHP-based social networking site, for example, will serve unique web content to each user irrespective of the fact that the page URL will not change. In comparison, HTML sites are static and the page content itself can be updated only manually. Like any other software program, PHP has several versions and the version that was used whilst setting up a particular website must be available on the web server so that the site can run properly.

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

Our hosting servers support several PHP versions, so your sites will work faultlessly no matter if your PHP-based scripts are outdated. We realize that an old website does not necessarily imply a vulnerable one as you may have carried out lots of mods to its source code. That’s the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can choose which version will be enabled for your hosting account. You can change the version with only one single mouse click from your Hepsia Control Panel and the new settings will be applied straight away. If you would like to run both older and newer scripts, there is even an option to use a different PHP version for each of your domain names at the same time.

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

If you have a site created using an earlier PHP version and you have put time and energy toward developing it, fixing safety holes and adding web content, you’ll need to find a web hosting service that can support it, as the great majority of web hosting providers today offer support only for the most recently introduced PHP version and drop the previous versions. We, on the other hand, have decided to let you pick the exact version that your sites need. Our semi-dedicated hosting support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which implies that you’ll be able to use both newer and older scripts without forfeiting any custom tweaks or frittering away time and efforts struggling to make your websites compatible with the web hosting environment. You can change the version via the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such a change will affect the whole semi-dedicated server account, but you’ll also have the ability to pick a different version for each individual website hosted in your account by using an .htaccess file.