PHP is among the most widely used object-oriented programming languages. It’s highly popular because it is free software, which can be used to develop responsive sites such as community websites, e-stores or e-teaching sites rather than static HTML-based sites. A PHP module must be enabled on the server where a PHP-driven website is hosted so that its PHP code can be ‘deciphered’. As there aren’t any license charges for this sort of module and the language itself provides incalculable possibilities for the web-based apps that you set up, there are 100s of millions of PHP sites. On top of that, there’re a myriad of open-source PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without having to possess any coding abilities. Given the fact that there’re a number of PHP versions, you have to verify whether the same version that you used whilst developing your website is enabled on the server too.

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

Our web hosting servers support several PHP versions, which suggests that your websites will run without any problem no matter if your PHP-based scripts are outdated. We know that an old site does not invariably imply an insecure one as you may have carried out plenty of mods to its code. That is the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can choose which one will be enabled for your account. The version can be changed with just one click of the mouse in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and the new settings will be applied instantly. If you want to run both older and newer scripts, there is even a possibility to use a different PHP version for each of your domain names simultaneously.

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

Even in case your websites were built 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 at the same time on our servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with no more than one click via our custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Apart from the newest PHP 8, we also offer support for 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 majority of web hosting providers, but we reckon that you shouldn’t be forced to modify a website that took several years to set up, as older scripting language syntax doesn’t necessarily suggest security holes. On the contrary, a rightly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an inadequately maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we will also offer you the possibility to select a different version for each individual website within the account.