PHP, which is a metacronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most popular general-purpose server-side scripting languages available out there. Any website or web application built using PHP will run on a given server as long as a PHP module is activated, which makes the language really universal and it’s not really a huge surprise that there are actually a couple of 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 build an interactive website with tons of options. A PHP-based community portal, for example, will show different web content to each visitor despite the fact that the URL won’t change. In comparison, HTML websites are static and the page content can be modified only manually. Like any other software, PHP has several versions and the version that was used whilst developing a particular website must be present on the server in order for the site to run properly.

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

With our Linux cloud hosting packages, you’ll be able to choose which PHP version will be active for your hosting account, as we offer support for several versions. With just one mouse click, you’ll be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and anytime a new version is launched in the future, we’ll add it to the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the earlier ones. In this way, you will be able to host all the sites that you’ve created over the years. In stark contrast to many other hosting providers, we will not force you to update such sites, as a script may be outdated, but this does not mean that it is insecure as you may have performed modifications to its code to prevent safety breaches. For your convenience, you’ll even be able to set a different PHP version for each site hosted in your shared account.

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

Even if your sites were built with an earlier version of PHP, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support multiple versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each one of them can be activated for your account with no more than one click of the mouse from our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. Besides the most recent PHP 8, we also offer 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 the vast majority of web hosts, but we strongly deem that you should not be compelled to modify a website that took several years to set up, as older scripting language syntax doesn’t automatically imply safety weaknesses. On the contrary, an adequately maintained site using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an unmaintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience, we’ll also give you the opportunity to select a different PHP version for each individual site within the account.