PHP is one of the most commonly used server-side coding languages. It is extremely popular because it’s free software, which you can use to set up responsive sites like community portals, online stores or e-learning sites rather than static HTML-based websites. A PHP module must be available on the server where a PHP-driven site is hosted so that its source code can be ‘decoded’. Because there aren’t any license taxes for this sort of module and the language offers unlimited options for the web-based applications that you develop, there are hundreds of millions of PHP websites. Also, there’re a ton of open-source PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your sites without needing to have any coding expertise. As there’re a few PHP versions, you have to confirm whether the same exact version that you used while building your site is present on the server too.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Cloud Website Hosting
With our cloud website hosting, you’ll be able to pick the PHP version that will be enabled for your shared hosting account, as different versions are supported on our servers. With just one click of the mouse, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and each time a new version is unveiled in the future, we will include it in the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the earlier versions. In this way, you’ll be able to host all the sites that you’ve developed through the years. In stark contrast to many other hosting companies, we won’t compel you to update such sites, because a script may be out of date, but this doesn’t automatically mean that it is insecure as you may have edited its source code to prevent security holes. For your convenience, you’ll even be able to pick a different PHP version for each single website that you host in your shared account.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
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, since we support multiple versions running at the same time on our servers and each one of them can be enabled for your account with just one click of the mouse through our in-house created Hepsia Control Panel. Apart from the most recent PHP 8, we also support 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 vendors, but we strongly feel that you should not be forced to modify a site that took several years to build, as older script language syntax doesn’t invariably suggest safety weaknesses. On the contrary, a well-maintained website using PHP 4 can be more secure than an incompetently maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we will also give you the possibility to pick a different PHP version for each individual website within your account.