PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, also referred to as PHP, is a popular general-purpose server-side coding language, which can be used to develop dynamic websites with interactive components like forums, online teaching portals or social networking websites. In contrast to static HTML-based websites, a PHP-driven website can show unique content to each visitor under the same exact page URL. Considering the fact that PHP-based Internet apps can be managed through a Control Panel, which you can log on to using any web browser, you won’t have to possess any web design knowledge or past experience to administer a PHP-driven website. The fact that hundreds of millions of sites worldwide are PHP-based is indicative of the popularity and the ease of use of the language. You only have to make certain that the server on which your website is hosted supports the very same version of PHP as the one that you used whilst developing the site.

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

If you buy a hosting plan from us, you won’t ever have to speculate as to whether or not your websites are compatible with the web hosting environment, since multiple PHP versions are installed on our servers for your convenience. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel will allow you to pick PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with only one mouse click and in case you want to change the version, the new settings will be applied right away. Thus, many years of work on websites created with an older version of PHP will not go down the drain. Our hosting platform will even permit you to use a different version of PHP for each domain name hosted in your account, which goes to say that you can use newer and older scripts at the same time. Most hosting companies on the marketplace support one, sometimes two PHP versions. In contrast to them, we strongly hold that you should be the one to choose the version that will be used by your own websites.

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

Even in case 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 different versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each one of them can be activated for your account with just one click from our custom-created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Other than the newest PHP 8, we also offer support for 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 abandoned by the great majority of web hosts, but we reckon that you should not be forced to modify a website that took several years to create, since older programming language syntax does not automatically mean security vulnerabilities. Quite the opposite, an adequately maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an incompetently maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also provide you with the opportunity to pick a different PHP version for each individual website within the account.