PHP, which is an abbreviation for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most widely used general-purpose scripting languages that are available out there. Any website or application built with PHP will run on a given web server as long as a PHP module is enabled, which renders the language really universal and it comes as small surprise that there are actually a couple of million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-driven sites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because it permits you to develop a dynamic serving website with a lot of different options. A PHP-based social networking site, for instance, will display unique web content to each visitor even though the URL will remain the same. In contrast, HTML-based websites are static and the page content itself can be edited only manually. Just like any other piece of software, PHP has different versions and the version that was used whilst creating a specific website must be enabled on the web server in order for the site to work flawlessly.

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

We have made a decision not to restrict our current and potential customers from selecting what PHP version will be used by their websites, which implies that in case you purchase a shared web hosting package from our company, you’ll be able to select between versions 4, 5 and 7, not only for the account in general, but also for each single domain hosted by you. This can be done with just one single click through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel via which all shared web hosting accounts are managed, which is why you won’t need to possess any technical or programming knowledge. You’ll be able to run websites built with both new and old PHP scripts without having to cope with any complications, so if you would like to abandon your current hosting vendor and migrate over to us, you can be sure that all the sites that you have built through the years will continue to work correctly.

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

Even if your websites were created with an older PHP version, you’ll 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 of them can be enabled for your account with just one click of the mouse through our in-house created Hepsia Control Panel. Apart from the most recent 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, which has already been abandoned by the majority of web hosting companies, but we maintain that you should not be compelled to modify a website that took years to set up, as older programming language syntax does not automatically suggest security weaknesses. Quite the opposite, a rightly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an incompetently maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we’ll also give you the possibility to choose a different version of PHP for each single site within your account.