PHP is amongst the most commonly used interpreted programming languages. It’s extremely popular because it is free software, which you can use to create interactive sites like social networking websites, online shopping portals or e-teaching sites as opposed to static HTML sites. A PHP module should be enabled on the web server where a PHP-driven website is hosted so that its PHP code can be ‘decoded’. Because there are no license taxes for this type of module and the language itself offers unlimited possibilities for the web-based apps that you develop, there’re hundreds of millions of PHP-powered sites. In addition, there’re tons of open-source PHP scripts, which you can use for your websites without needing to possess any programming capabilities. Given the fact that there’re a few versions of PHP, you need to ensure that the same version that you used whilst setting up your site is enabled on the web server as well.

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

Our cloud web hosting servers support different versions of PHP, which suggests that your websites will run without any problems even if your PHP scripts are out of date. We acknowledge the fact that an old site doesn’t necessarily mean an insecure one as you may have implemented lots of code modifications. That’s the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can select which version will be enabled for your hosting account. You can change the version with one click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and the new settings will be applied instantly. If you’d like to run both newer and older scripts, there’s even a possibility to use a different PHP version for each of your domain names at the same time.

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

Even in case your websites were created with an older version of PHP, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support different versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each of them can be activated for your account with just one click from our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Other than the latest PHP 8, we also offer support for 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 abandoned by the vast majority of web hosting suppliers, but we consider that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took several years to set up, as older script language syntax does not always equal security loopholes. Just the opposite, an adequately maintained website using PHP 4 can be more secure than an improperly maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we will also offer you the opportunity to specify a different version for each site within your account.