PHP is one of the most widely used web development languages. It’s very popular since it is free software, which you can use to create interactive sites like social networking websites, online shopping portals or online learning websites rather than static HTML-based sites. A PHP module should be activated on the server where a PHP-powered website is hosted so that its PHP code can be ‘deciphered’. Since there aren’t any license taxes for this type of module and the language provides countless options for the web apps that you build, there are hundreds of millions of PHP sites. What’s more, there’re numerous open-source PHP-based scripts, which you can use for your websites without the need to possess any coding know-how. Since there are a few versions of PHP, you need to check whether the very same version that you used while building your website is present on the server too.

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

Our cloud web hosting servers support several versions of PHP, which implies that your sites will work faultlessly no matter if your scripts are out of date. We realize that an old site doesn’t automatically imply a vulnerable one as you may have performed plenty of source code modifications. That’s the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can pick which version will be enabled for your hosting account. The version can be changed with only one mouse click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and the update will be applied instantaneously. In case you want to run both older and newer scripts, there’s even an option to use a different PHP version for each of your domains simultaneously.

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

Even in case your sites were created with an earlier PHP version, you will be able to host them in a semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support several versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each one of them can be activated for your account with no more than one click via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Other than the most recent 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 dropped by the majority of web hosting companies, but we strongly feel that you should not be forced to modify a site that took years to set up, since older scripting language syntax doesn’t inevitably imply security flaws. Quite the opposite, an adequately maintained site using PHP 4 can be more reliable than a negligently maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience’s sake, we’ll also offer you the possibility to choose a different version for each website within your account.