PHP is amongst the most widely used general-purpose web programming languages. It is quite popular since it is free software, which can be used to develop interactive websites like community websites, online stores or online teaching websites rather than static HTML-based websites. A PHP module must be present on the server where a PHP-driven website is hosted so that its code can be ‘translated’. As there aren’t any license charges for this kind of module and the language itself provides endless options for the web-based applications that you build, there’re 100s of millions of PHP-powered sites. Plus, there’re tons of open-source PHP scripts, which you can use for your websites without having to possess any coding know-how. Since there’re different PHP versions, you have to verify that the same version that you used while creating your website is activated on the web server too.

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

In case you purchase a shared website hosting package from our company, you’ll never have to speculate as to whether or not your websites are compatible with the web hosting platform, since multiple PHP versions are enabled on our servers for your convenience’s sake. The Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to pick PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with only one single click and if you wish to change the version, the new settings will be applied right away. In this way, years of work on websites built with an older PHP version will not be in vain. Our web hosting platform will even permit you to use a different PHP version for each domain hosted in your account, which means that you can use older and newer scripts simultaneously. Most web hosting companies on the market offer support for one, sometimes for two PHP versions. In stark contrast with them, we strongly deem that you should be the one to choose the version that your very own sites will be using.

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

Even in case your websites were created with an older version of PHP, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, since we support different versions running at the same time on our servers and each one of them can be enabled for your account with no more than a click from our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition to the most recent 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, which has already been abandoned by the majority of hosting companies, but we feel that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took years to set up, as older programming language syntax doesn’t inevitably equal safety holes. Quite the opposite, an adequately maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a mismaintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we will also give you the possibility to pick a different version for each single website within your account.