PHP is among the most widely used programming languages. It’s exceptionally popular because it’s free software, which can be used to set up responsive websites such as community sites, e-commerce portals or e-teaching portals instead of static HTML websites. A PHP module must be available on the server where a PHP site is hosted so that its PHP code can be ‘decoded’. As there are no license charges for such a module and the language itself provides unlimited options for the web-based apps that you develop, there’re 100s of millions of PHP-driven sites. What is more, there’re a ton of open-source PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without having to possess any programming experience. Given the fact that there are a number of PHP versions, you must check if the same version that you used whilst setting up your website is installed on the server too.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Hosting
With our Linux hosting, you’ll be able to choose the PHP version that will be enabled for your shared hosting account, since multiple versions are installed on our servers. With as little as one click, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and every time a new version is published in the future, we’ll add it to the Hepsia hosting Control Panel without removing the previous versions. Thus, you will be able to host all the websites that you’ve created through the years. In contrast with a lot of other providers, we won’t compel you to update such websites, as a script may be out of date, but this does not mean that it’s vulnerable as you may have edited its source code to plug security breaches. For your convenience’s sake, you will even be able to specify a different version of PHP for each individual website that you host in your web hosting account.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
Even if your websites were created with an earlier PHP version, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, since we support several versions running simultaneously on our servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with no more than one click via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Besides the newest 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, which has already been abandoned by most web hosting providers, but we deem that you should not be forced to modify a website that took several years to create, since older scripting language syntax doesn’t inevitably equal security holes. Quite the opposite, a well-maintained website using PHP 4 can be more secure than an incompetently maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience, we’ll also offer you the opportunity to select a different version of PHP for each individual site within the account.