PHP is amongst the most commonly used general-purpose server-side scripting languages. It is pretty popular as it’s free software, which can be used to build interactive websites such as community websites, web shops or online teaching sites instead of static HTML-based websites. A PHP module should be present on the server where a PHP-powered website is hosted so that its code can be ‘decrypted’. As there aren’t any license taxes for this type of module and the language offers countless options for the applications that you create, there’re 100s of millions of PHP sites. Moreover, there are tons of PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without needing to possess any coding abilities. Considering the fact that there’re different PHP versions, you ought to verify that the exact same version that you used whilst setting up your site is activated on the server as well.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Shared Hosting
With our Linux shared hosting plans, you’ll be able to choose which PHP version will be active for your shared account, as different versions are enabled on our servers. With only one click, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and whenever a new version is introduced in the future, we will include it in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel without removing the earlier ones. In this way, you’ll be able to host all the websites that you’ve created over the years. In stark contrast to a lot of other companies, we won’t compel you to update such sites, as a script may be out of date, but this doesn’t mean that it is vulnerable since you may have modified its source code to prevent security gaps. For your convenience, you’ll even be able to specify a different version of PHP for each individual site that you host in your shared web hosting account.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
Even in case your sites were created with an older version of PHP, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, since we support different versions running simultaneously on our semi-dedicated servers and each one of them can be enabled for your account with no more than a click of the mouse from our custom Hepsia Control Panel. Aside from the most recent 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, which has already been dropped by the vast majority of web hosting vendors, but we are strongly convinced that you should not be forced to modify a website that took years to set up, as older scripting language syntax doesn’t invariably mean safety holes. Quite the opposite, a well-maintained site using PHP 4 can be more secure than a negligently maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we will also offer you the opportunity to pick a different PHP version for each single site within your account.