PHP, which is a backronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is among the most popular server-side programming languages that are available out there. Any website or web app built on PHP will run on a given server as long as a PHP module is activated, which renders the language absolutely universal and it is scarcely a surprise that there are several million servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-powered websites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML owing to the fact that it permits you to set up a dynamic serving site with a huge number of options. A PHP-based community site, for example, will serve unique content to each user in spite of the fact that the URL won’t change. On the other hand, HTML websites are static and the content on the pages can be modified only manually. Like any other piece of software, PHP has different versions and the one that was used whilst creating a certain website must be activated on the web server in order for the site to work correctly.

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

In case you buy a shared website hosting plan from our company, you won’t ever have to ponder over whether or not your sites are compatible with the web hosting platform, since we offer support for different PHP versions for the sake of your convenience. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel will permit you to select PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with just one single mouse click and if you would like to change the current version, the new settings will be applied immediately. In this way, years of work on websites built with an older PHP version won’t be lost. Our hosting platform will even allow you to use a different version of PHP for each domain hosted in your account, which means that you can use older and newer scripts at the same time. Most hosting companies on the market offer one, sometimes two PHP versions. In contrast to them, we strongly believe that you should be the one to pick the version that your very own sites will be using.

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

In case you have a site built with an earlier PHP version and you have poured time and effort into developing it, filling safety gaps and inserting content, you will need a hosting service that can support it, as the majority of web hosting suppliers these days offer only the latest PHP version and remove the earlier versions. We, however, have decided to allow you to choose the exact version that your sites require. Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which implies that you will be able to run both newer and older scripts without losing any manual modifications or wasting time and energy striving to make your websites compatible with the hosting platform. You can change the version from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such an update will apply to the whole account, but you will also be able to pick a different version for each single website hosted in your account using an .htaccess configuration file.