PHP is amongst the most widely used general-purpose scripting languages. It is exceptionally popular since it is free software, which can be used to create interactive sites such as social networking websites, e-stores or online learning sites instead of static HTML-based sites. A PHP module should be activated on the server where a PHP site is hosted so that its source code can be ‘decrypted’. Because there aren’t any license fees for this type of module and the language itself offers unlimited options for the apps that you develop, there are 100s of millions of PHP-powered websites. Besides, there are a large number of PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your sites without needing to possess any coding know-how. Since there are different PHP versions, you should make sure that the same exact version that you used while creating your site is activated on the web server as well.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Shared Hosting
With our shared hosting service, you’ll be able to pick which PHP version will be enabled for your shared hosting account, as multiple versions are enabled on our servers. With just one mouse click, you’ll be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and whenever a new version is published in the future, we will include it in the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the older versions. In this way, you’ll be able to host all the websites that you’ve set up through the years. In stark contrast to a lot of other web hosting suppliers, we won’t compel you to update such websites, as a script may be out of date, but this doesn’t automatically mean that it is insecure as you may have performed modifications to its code to fix security holes. For your convenience’s sake, you will even be able to pick a different version of PHP for each single website hosted in your account.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you’ve got a site created with an older version of PHP and you’ve put time and efforts into setting it up, patching safety loopholes and inserting content, you will need a hosting service that can support it, since the vast majority of web hosting providers these days support only the most recently introduced PHP version and remove the older ones. We, however, have decided to let you choose the version that your sites need. Our semi-dedicated servers support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which suggests that you’ll be able to use both older and newer scripts without forfeiting any manual modifications or misspending time and effort struggling to make your websites compatible with the web hosting platform. The version can be changed through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such an update will affect the whole account, but you will also be able to specify a different version of PHP for each single site that you host in your account by means of an .htaccess configuration file.