PHP, which is an acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most widely used object-oriented programming languages out there. Any website or Internet app built with PHP will run on a given server as long as a PHP module is activated, which makes the language truly universal and it is barely surprising that there are several million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP sites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because of the fact that it enables you to set up a dynamic serving site with a plethora of different options. A PHP-based social networking website, for example, will serve unique web content to each visitor irrespective of the fact that the URL won’t change. By contrast, HTML-based websites are static and the page content can be modified only manually. Like any other piece of software, PHP has several versions and the version that was used while setting up a certain website must be installed on the server so that the site can run flawlessly.

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

Our cloud website hosting servers support different versions of PHP, which suggests that your sites will work correctly even if your scripts are outdated. We realize that an old site does not always equal an insecure one as you may have done plenty of mods to its code. That’s the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can choose which one will be enabled for your web hosting account. You can change the version with one click in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and the new settings will be applied instantaneously. If you want to run both older and newer scripts, there’s even a possibility to use a different version of PHP for each domain name of yours simultaneously.

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

If you have a website created in an older version of PHP and you’ve devoted time and efforts towards developing it, filling security holes and inputting content, you will need to find a web hosting service that can support it, since the vast majority of hosting providers today offer only the most recently unveiled PHP version and remove the earlier versions. We, on the other hand, have decided to allow you to pick the version that your own websites require. Our semi-dedicated hosting plans support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, so you will be able to run both older and newer scripts without forfeiting any custom tweaks or wasting time and effort struggling to make your websites compatible with the web hosting environment. The version can be changed through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such a change will apply to the whole semi-dedicated server account, but you’ll also be able to select a different version of PHP for each website hosted in your account using an .htaccess file.