PHP is one of the most commonly used web programming languages. It’s very popular since it is free software, which can be used to develop interactive websites such as community sites, online stores or online learning websites as opposed to static HTML sites. A PHP module must be available on the web server where a PHP-powered site is hosted so that its code can be ‘translated’. As there aren’t any license taxes for this kind of module and the language provides endless options for the Internet applications that you set up, there’re 100s of millions of PHP websites. Plus, there’re a multitude of open-source PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your sites without the need to possess any programming expertise. Since there’re a couple of PHP versions, you have to verify that the same exact version that you used whilst creating your site is available on the server too.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Cloud Website Hosting
In case you purchase a cloud website hosting package from us, you will never need to ponder on whether your sites are compatible with the web hosting platform, since different PHP versions are available on our servers for the sake of your convenience. The Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to pick PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with just one single click of the mouse and if you’d like to change the current version, the new settings will be applied immediately. In this way, years of work on websites created with an older PHP version won’t be wasted. Our web hosting platform will even permit you to use a different version of PHP for each domain hosted in your account, so you can use newer and older scripts at the same time. Most web hosting providers on the marketplace offer support for one, sometimes for two PHP versions. In contrast to them, we maintain that you should be the one to select the version that your own websites will be using.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
Even in case your websites were built with an earlier version of PHP, you will 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 servers and each of them can be activated for your account with just a click of the mouse through our custom-developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Other than 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. The latter has already been dropped by most hosting vendors, but we strongly feel that you should not be compelled to modify a site that took several years to develop, since older programming language syntax doesn’t automatically suggest security holes. On the contrary, a correctly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more secure than a wrongly maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also offer you the opportunity to choose a different version of PHP for each website within your account.