PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, typically called PHP, is a popular open-source server-side programming language, which can be used to develop dynamic websites with interactive components like discussion boards, online teaching sites or community websites. In stark contrast to static HTML-based sites, a PHP-driven site can show different web content to each user under the very same page URL. Due to the fact that PHP-based Internet applications can be managed via a single Control Panel tool, which you can sign into using any browser, you will not need any web design experience or past experience to run a PHP website. The fact that hundreds of millions of sites all over the world are PHP-based is an indication of the popularity and the simplicity of use of the language. You only ought to make sure that the server on which your website is hosted supports the same exact PHP version as the one that you used while developing the website.

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

In case you purchase a shared hosting plan from our company, you won’t ever need to ponder over whether your sites are compatible with the hosting platform, as we support several versions of PHP for your convenience’s sake. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel will permit you to pick PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with just one single click of the mouse and in case you need to change the current version, the update will be applied right away. Thus, years of work on sites built with an older version of PHP will not be in vain. Our web hosting platform will even allow you to use a different PHP version for each domain hosted in your account, which goes to say that you can run older and newer scripts simultaneously. Most hosting providers on the marketplace offer support for one, sometimes for two PHP versions. In stark contrast to them, we strongly maintain that you should be the one to pick the version that your very own sites will be using.

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

Even if your sites were created with an earlier PHP version, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support multiple versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with no more than one click through our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Apart from 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 dropped by the vast majority of hosting providers, but we hold that you shouldn’t be forced to modify a website that took several years to develop, since older programming language syntax does not inevitably imply security breaches. Just the opposite, an adequately maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a negligently maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we will also offer you the opportunity to set a different version of PHP for each individual site within the account.