PHP, which is a recursive initialism for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is among the most commonly used reflective programming languages that are available out there. Any website or web-based application created in PHP will run on a given web server as long as a PHP module is installed, which renders the language truly universal and it is not really all that surprising that there are a couple of million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered sites hosted on them. What makes PHP preferred over HTML is the fact that it enables you to develop an interactive website with tons of different features. A PHP-based community website, for example, will display different content to each visitor irrespective of the fact that the URL won’t change. By contrast, HTML websites are static and the page content can be edited only manually. Just like any other software, PHP has several versions and the one that was used while developing a specific website must be present on the web server in order for the site to run correctly.

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

Our shared hosting servers support several PHP versions, so your sites will work properly even if your scripts are outdated. We acknowledge the fact that an old site doesn’t automatically suggest an insecure one as you may have implemented a lot of code modifications. That is the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can decide which one will be active for your account. You can change the version with a single click inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and the update will take effect instantaneously. If you’d like to run both newer and older scripts, there’s even an option to use a different PHP version for each domain name of yours simultaneously.

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

In case you’ve got a site built using a previous version of PHP and you’ve donated time and efforts toward developing it, patching safety holes and inputting web content, you will need to find a web hosting service that can support it, as the majority of hosting companies nowadays offer support only for the most recent PHP version and remove the previous versions. We, on the other hand, have decided to let you select the exact version that your own websites require. Our semi-dedicated hosting support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which means that you’ll be able to run both newer and older scripts without forfeiting any customizations or frittering away time and effort attempting to make your sites compatible with the web hosting environment. The current version can be changed from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such a change will affect the entire semi-dedicated account, but you will also be able to set a different version of PHP for each individual website hosted in your account by using an .htaccess file.