PHP is amongst the most widely used general-purpose scripting languages. It is quite popular since it is free software, which can be used to set up responsive sites such as community websites, Internet shops or e-learning sites instead of static HTML-based websites. A PHP module should be enabled on the server where a PHP-powered site is hosted so that its source code can be ‘decoded’. Because there aren’t any license fees for such a module and the language itself offers countless options for the applications that you build, there are 100s of millions of PHP websites. In addition, there are a myriad of PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without the need to have any coding capabilities. Considering the fact that there are different versions of PHP, you have to check whether the same exact version that you used whilst developing your site is available on the web server as well.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Cloud Website Hosting
Our cloud website hosting servers support several PHP versions, which implies that your websites will work without any problem even if your scripts are out of date. We realize that an old site does not necessarily imply an insecure one as you may have done plenty of code mods. This is why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can decide which one will be enabled for your account. You can change the version with one single mouse click in your Hepsia Control Panel and the update will be applied immediately. If you want to run both older and newer scripts, there is even an option to use a different version of PHP for each domain name of yours simultaneously.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Servers
Even if your sites were built with an earlier version of PHP, you’ll be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, since we support multiple versions running simultaneously on our servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with no more than one click through our custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Aside from 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, which has already been abandoned by the vast majority of hosting companies, but we feel that you shouldn’t be compelled to modify a site that took years to set up, since older programming language syntax doesn’t invariably equal security loopholes. Just the opposite, a correctly maintained site using PHP 4 can be more secure than an incorrectly maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also give you the opportunity to pick a different version of PHP for each individual site within the account.