PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, otherwise called PHP, is a popular class-based programming language, which can be used to develop dynamic sites with interactive elements like forums, online learning portals or community portals. In contrast with static HTML-based websites, a PHP website can display unique web content to each visitor under the same exact URL. As PHP-based Internet applications can be managed via a single Control Panel, which you can sign on to from any online browser, you will not need to possess any web development knowledge or past experience in order to administer a PHP site. The fact that 100s of millions of websites all over the world are based on PHP is an indication of the language’s popularity and ease of use. You only have to ensure that the server on which your website is hosted supports the exact same PHP version as the one that you used while developing the site.

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

With our shared hosting plans, you’ll be able to choose the PHP version that will be active for your shared account, since several versions are supported on our servers. With as little as one click of the mouse, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and every time a new version is introduced in the future, we’ll add it to the Hepsia hosting Control Panel without removing the previous versions. In this way, you will be able to host all the websites that you’ve developed through the years. In contrast to many other hosting companies, we won’t compel you to update such websites, as a script may be out of date, but this does not mean that it’s insecure since you may have modified its code to fill safety holes. For the sake of your convenience, you’ll even be able to specify a different PHP version for each single website that you host in your account.

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

If you have a website created in an older PHP version and you have contributed time and energy toward developing it, repairing security gaps and entering content, you will need a web hosting service that can support it, as the majority of web hosting companies nowadays offer only the most recently released PHP version and give up the earlier versions. We, however, have decided to let you choose the exact version that your own sites need. Our Linux semi-dedicated servers support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which implies that you’ll be able to run both newer and older scripts without forfeiting any manual modifications or frittering away time and energy striving to make your sites compatible with the hosting platform. You can change the version from the Hepsia Control Panel and such a change will apply to the entire account, but you will also be able to select a different version for each site that you host in your account by means of an .htaccess file.