PHP, which is a meta-acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most widely used open-source web programming languages available out there. Any website or Internet application created with PHP will run on a given web server on the condition that a PHP module is enabled, which makes the language truly universal and it isn’t very surprising that there are actually several million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered sites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML thanks to the fact that it allows you to set up a responsive website with plenty of options. A PHP-based social networking site, for example, will display unique web content to each visitor although the page URL will not change. In contrast, HTML-based sites are static and the content on the pages can be updated only manually. Just like any other piece of software, PHP has several versions and the version that was used whilst setting up a specific website must be present on the server in order for the site to run correctly.

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

We have reached a decision not to restrict our current and prospective customers from picking the PHP version that will be used by their websites, which means that if you buy a cloud hosting plan from our company, you will be able to pick between versions 4, 5 and 7, not only for the account itself, but also for each domain name that you host. This can be accomplished with only one single mouse click from our custom Hepsia Control Panel via which all shared web hosting accounts are managed, which is the reason why you won’t need to have any technical or coding skills. You’ll be able to run sites built with both old and new scripts without having to deal with any impediments, so if you decide to change your current hosting vendor and move over to us, you can rest assured that all the sites that you’ve created through the years will continue to run properly.

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

In case you’ve got a website built on an earlier PHP version and you have contributed time and energy into developing it, repairing security holes and inserting web content, you’ll need a web hosting service that can support it, as most web hosting vendors today offer support only for the most recently unveiled version of PHP and give up the previous ones. We, on the other hand, have decided to let you pick the exact version that your very own websites need. Our semi-dedicated servers support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which goes to say that you will be able to run both older and newer scripts without forfeiting any custom modifications or frittering away time and efforts trying to make your sites compatible with the hosting platform. The current version can be changed from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such an update will affect the whole semi-dedicated account, but you will also have the ability to set a different version of PHP for each single website that you host in your account using an .htaccess configuration file.