PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, otherwise known as PHP, is a popular open-source scripting language, which is used to build dynamic websites with interactive elements like forums, school websites or community portals. In contrast with static HTML-based sites, a PHP website can show different content to each user under the same page URL. Considering the fact that PHP-based web-based applications can be managed through a Control Panel, which you can sign in to using any browser, you won’t have to possess any web development skills or previous experience to run a PHP-driven site. The fact that hundreds of millions of sites around the world are built with PHP is indicative of the popularity and the simplicity of use of the language. You should only ensure that the web server where you host your site 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 Shared Hosting

In case you purchase a shared hosting package from our company, you won’t ever have to ponder over whether or not your sites are compatible with the hosting environment, as we offer support for different PHP versions for your convenience. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel will allow you to choose PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with just one click and if you’d like to change the current version, the update will be applied immediately. In this way, several years of work on websites built with an older version of PHP will not be wasted. Our hosting platform will even permit you to use a different PHP version for each domain name hosted in your account, which goes to say that you can use newer and older scripts at the same time. Most web hosting companies on the marketplace offer one, sometimes two versions of PHP. In stark contrast with them, we strongly hold that you should be the one to pick the version that your very own sites will use.

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

Even in case your websites 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 several versions running simultaneously on our semi-dedicated servers and each one of them can be enabled for your account with no more than a click of the mouse through our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. In addition to 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, which has already been dropped by the majority of hosting providers, but we strongly deem that you should not be forced to modify a website that took several years to set up, since older programming language syntax doesn’t inevitably suggest safety holes. On the contrary, a correctly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an incorrectly maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we will also give you the opportunity to specify a different PHP version for each single site within your account.