PHP is among the most widely used curly-bracket programming languages. It is highly popular as it is free software, which can be used to create responsive websites such as social networking sites, e-stores or e-teaching websites as opposed to static HTML-based sites. A PHP module should be installed on the server where a PHP-driven site is hosted so that its PHP code can be read. Since there are no license charges for such a module and the language itself offers countless options for the Internet applications that you build, there are 100s of millions of PHP-driven sites. What is more, there are a ton of PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without having to possess any coding knowledge. As there are several versions of PHP, you have to verify that the same version that you used whilst developing your site is present on the web server as well.

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

Our shared web hosting servers support several PHP versions, which goes to say that your websites will work flawlessly even if your PHP scripts are out of date. We realize that an old website does not automatically equal a vulnerable one as you may have implemented a lot of code mods. That’s why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can pick which version will be active for your hosting account. The version can be changed with a single click of the mouse within your Hepsia Control Panel and the update will be applied straight away. In case you wish to run both older and newer scripts, there’s even a possibility to use a different version of PHP for each domain of yours at the same time.

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

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 multiple versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each of them can be activated for your account with no more than one click from our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition to the newest 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 abandoned by most hosting providers, but we strongly think that you shouldn’t be compelled to modify a website that took years to set up, since older scripting language syntax does not inevitably imply safety weaknesses. On the contrary, a properly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an incompetently maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we will also give you the opportunity to set a different version of PHP for each individual website within your account.