PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, commonly known as PHP, is a popular general-purpose web programming language, which is used to create dynamic websites with interactive components like discussion forums, school websites or social networking websites. In contrast to static HTML-based websites, a PHP-driven site can show unique web content to each user under the very same URL. Considering the fact that PHP-based apps can be managed through one Control Panel, which you can log on to using any Internet browser, you won’t need to possess any computer programming abilities or past experience whatsoever to maintain a PHP site. The fact that hundreds of millions of sites around the globe are built with PHP is indicative of the popularity and the simplicity of use of the language. You only have to verify that the web server on which your website is hosted supports the same version of PHP as the one that you used whilst developing the site.

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

With our shared website hosting, you will be able to select the PHP version that will be active for your shared web hosting account, since we support different versions. With as little as one mouse click, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and every time a new version is introduced in the future, we’ll add it to the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the earlier ones. In this way, you’ll be able to host all the sites that you’ve built over the years. In contrast with lots of other hosting vendors, we won’t force you to update such sites, as a script may be out of date, but this does not mean that it’s vulnerable since you may have modified its code to patch safety gaps. For your convenience, you’ll even be able to choose a different PHP version for each website hosted in your shared hosting account.

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

Even in case your websites were created with an older version of PHP, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support several versions running simultaneously on our servers and each one of them can be activated for your account with just a click through our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition to the newest 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 abandoned by most web hosting providers, but we strongly maintain that you shouldn’t be compelled to modify a site that took several years to develop, since older programming language syntax does not invariably equal safety breaches. Just the opposite, a correctly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a non-maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we’ll also provide you with the opportunity to choose a different version of PHP for each single site within your account.