PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, also known as PHP, is a famous general-purpose server-side programming language, which can be used to build dynamic sites with interactive components like message boards, online teaching portals or community sites. In comparison to static HTML websites, a PHP-driven site can serve unique content to each user under the same page URL. Considering the fact that PHP-based apps can be managed through a Control Panel tool, which you can sign on to from any online browser, you won’t need any web development skills or previous experience to administer a PHP-powered site. The fact that hundreds of millions of websites worldwide are based on PHP is indicative of the language’s popularity and ease of use. You should only confirm whether the web server on which your site is hosted supports the very same version of PHP as the one that you used whilst setting up the website.

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

With our website hosting, you’ll be able to choose the PHP version that will be enabled for your hosting account, since we offer support for different versions. With just one mouse click, you’ll be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and every time a new version is introduced in the future, we’ll include it in the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the previous ones. In this way, you will be able to host all the sites that you’ve set up through the years. Unlike many other hosting vendors, we won’t force you to update such sites, because a script may be out of date, but this does not mean that it’s insecure as you may have carried out modifications to its code to patch security loopholes. For your convenience, you will even be able to choose a different PHP version for each single site that you host in your shared hosting account.

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

Even in case your sites were built with an older version of PHP, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support multiple versions running simultaneously on our servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with no more than one click of the mouse via our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Other than the latest 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. The latter has already been dropped by most web hosting vendors, but we trust that you should not be forced to modify a site that took several years to develop, since older scripting language syntax doesn’t necessarily suggest safety holes. Just the opposite, an adequately maintained website using PHP 4 can be more secure than an incompetently maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also give you the possibility to select a different version of PHP for each single website within the account.