PHP is amongst the most widely used open-source programming languages. It’s highly popular because it is free software, which you can use to develop interactive websites such as community portals, web shops or e-teaching websites as opposed to static HTML-based sites. A PHP module should be activated on the web server where a PHP-powered website is hosted so that its PHP code can be ‘deciphered’. Because there are no license charges for this sort of module and the language offers limitless options for the web-based apps that you set up, there’re 100s of millions of PHP-powered websites. Also, there’re an immense number of PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without the need to have any programming skills. Given the fact that there are a couple of versions of PHP, you ought to ensure that the same version that you used whilst developing your site is present on the server as well.

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

With our Linux shared website hosting, you will be able to pick the PHP version that will be enabled for your shared web hosting account, as multiple versions are activated on our servers. With only one click, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and whenever a new version is released in the future, we will include it in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel without removing the previous ones. Thus, you’ll be able to host all the websites that you’ve set up throughout the years. Unlike many other web hosting providers, we will not compel you to update such sites, because a script may be out of date, but this doesn’t mean that it’s insecure as you may have tweaked its source code to prevent safety gaps. For your convenience’s sake, you’ll even be able to pick a different version of PHP for each single website that you host in your hosting account.

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

Even if your sites were built with an older PHP version, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, since we support multiple versions running simultaneously on our semi-dedicated servers and each of them can be activated for your account with just one click through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Other than the most recent PHP 8, we also support 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 the majority of hosting providers, but we think that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took several years to create, as older programming language syntax doesn’t automatically suggest safety breaches. Just the opposite, a well-maintained website using PHP 4 can be more secure than a wrongly maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we will also give you the opportunity to pick a different version for each individual website within the account.