PHP, which is a bacronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most commonly used general-purpose programming languages that are available out there. Any website or web app built on PHP will run on a given web server as long as a PHP module is installed, which makes the language truly universal and it’s scarcely surprising that there are actually a couple of million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered sites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML due to the fact that it allows you to develop a responsive website with a myriad of options. A PHP-based community site, for example, will display unique web content to each user in spite of the fact that the URL will stay the same. In contrast, HTML sites are static and the content on the pages can be modified only manually. Like any other software, PHP has different versions and the version that was used while developing a certain website must be present on the web server in order for the site to work faultlessly.

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

We’ve made a conscious decision not to restrict our present and potential clients from picking what PHP version will be used by their websites, so in case you purchase a website hosting plan from our company, you will be able to choose between versions 4, 5 and 7, not only for the hosting account itself, but also for each domain name hosted by you. This can be accomplished with only one click of the mouse from our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel via which all shared hosting accounts are administered, so you won’t need any coding or technical capabilities. You will be able to manage websites built with both new and old scripts without any problems, so if you wish to drop your present web host and switch over to us, you can rest assured that all the sites that you have set up throughout the years will continue to run perfectly.

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

Even if your sites were created with an earlier version of PHP, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, since we support multiple versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each of them can be activated for your account with no more than a click via our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Besides 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. The latter has already been abandoned by the great majority of web hosting companies, but we are convinced that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took years to develop, since older scripting language syntax does not automatically imply security flaws. On the contrary, a correctly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more secure than an inadequately maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience, we will also give you the opportunity to pick a different version of PHP for each individual site within your account.