PHP, which is a recursive backronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most commonly used open-source server-side scripting languages out there. Any website or Internet application built with PHP will run on a given web server provided that a PHP module is enabled, which renders the language really universal and it is not that unusual that there are actually a couple of million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered websites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML owing to the fact that it allows you to develop a dynamic website with numerous different features. A PHP-based community site, for instance, will display different web content to each user even though the page URL won’t change. In contrast, HTML websites are static and the content on the pages can be edited only manually. Like any other piece of software, PHP has several versions and the one that was used while setting up a given website must be enabled on the web server so that the site can run correctly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Hosting
Our hosting servers support different PHP versions, which implies that your sites will run faultlessly no matter if your scripts are outdated. We acknowledge the fact that an old site does not necessarily imply a vulnerable one as you may have done a lot of mods to its source code. This is the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can choose which one will be active for your shared hosting account. You can change the version with a single click from your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and the update will be applied momentarily. If you’d like to run both older and newer scripts, there is even a possibility to use a different version of PHP for each domain of yours at the same time.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting support multiple PHP versions, which implies that you’ll be able to use all the web-based apps that you’ve built over the years. The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes bundled with every semi-dedicated account, will allow you to enable the required version with one click of the mouse. You can choose between PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8. If you would like to host multiple sites in a single account and they have different requirements relating to the web hosting platform, you will be able to set a different PHP version for each and every one of them irrespective of which version is enabled for the account itself. This is achievable owing to our in-house developed cloud platform, which allows us to run multiple versions of PHP all at once. By contrast, the majority of hosting suppliers usually support one, in extremely rare cases – two versions.