PHP, which is a recursive abbreviation for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most widely used general-purpose server-side scripting languages that are available out there. Any website or Internet app created with PHP will run on a given server on the condition that a PHP module is enabled, which renders the language really universal and it is by no means unusual that there are a couple of million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered websites hosted on them. What makes PHP preferred over HTML is the fact that it enables you to set up a responsive site with a vast number of features. A PHP-based social network, for instance, will show different web content to each user irrespective of the fact that the page URL will stay the same. By contrast, HTML websites are static and the page content itself can be modified only manually. Like any other software, PHP has different versions and the version that was used while creating a specific website must be set up on the web server in order for the site to work faultlessly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Cloud Hosting
In case you order a cloud hosting package from our company, you won’t ever need to wonder whether or not your sites are compatible with the web hosting environment, as multiple versions of PHP are activated on our servers for your convenience. The Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to choose PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with only one mouse click and if you wish to change the version, the update will be applied instantaneously. Thus, many years of work on websites built with an older PHP version won’t go down the tube. Our hosting platform will even allow you to use a different PHP version for each domain name hosted in your account, which goes to say that you can run older and newer scripts simultaneously. Most web hosting companies on the marketplace support one, sometimes two versions of PHP. Unlike them, we consider that you should be the one to select the version that will be used by your own websites.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
Even if your websites were built with an earlier PHP version, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support different versions running simultaneously on our semi-dedicated servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with just one click of the mouse through our custom-created Hepsia Control Panel. Apart from the newest PHP 8, we also offer 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 dropped by the vast majority of web hosting providers, but we are convinced that you shouldn’t be compelled to modify a site that took several years to build, since older programming language syntax does not inevitably suggest security flaws. Just the opposite, a rightly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a non-maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also provide you with the possibility to choose a different version of PHP for each single site within the account.