PHP is among the most widely used general-purpose programming languages. It is very popular as it is free software, which you can use to build responsive websites such as social networking websites, web shops or online learning portals as opposed to static HTML-based sites. A PHP module must be installed on the server where a PHP-powered website is hosted so that its source code can be ‘translated’. Since there are no license taxes for this kind of module and the language offers incalculable options for the applications that you build, there are hundreds of millions of PHP websites. Also, there are a ton of PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without having to possess any coding knowledge. Considering the fact that there are a handful of versions of PHP, you need to verify whether the same exact version that you used while building your website is enabled on the web server as well.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Cloud Hosting
In case you order a cloud hosting plan from our company, you’ll never need to wonder whether or not your websites are compatible with the hosting platform, as we offer different versions of PHP for your convenience. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel will permit you to select PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with only one mouse click and if you’d like to change the current version, the update will take effect immediately. In this way, several years of work on sites created with an older version of PHP will not go down the tube. Our hosting platform will even permit you to use a different PHP version for each domain name hosted in your account, which suggests that you can run older and newer scripts at the same time. Most hosting companies on the marketplace offer one, sometimes two PHP versions. In stark contrast with them, we deem that you should be the one to pick the version that your very own websites will use.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Even if your websites were created with an earlier PHP version, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support several versions running at the same time on our servers and each of them can be activated for your account with just one click of the mouse through our in-house created Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Besides the latest PHP 8, we also support 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 the vast majority of web hosting providers, but we trust that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took years to develop, since older programming language syntax doesn’t invariably mean safety flaws. Just the opposite, an adequately maintained website using PHP 4 can be more secure than an unmaintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience, we’ll also give you the opportunity to choose a different PHP version for each site within your account.