PHP, which is a recursive initialism for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most commonly used server-side scripting languages available out there. Any site or web app written in PHP will run on a given server on the condition that a PHP module is activated, which renders the language truly universal and it’s not a huge surprise that there are a couple of million web servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-driven websites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because it allows you to build a responsive site with plenty of features. A PHP-based social network, for instance, will display unique content to each visitor irrespective of the fact that the page URL will be the same. In contrast, HTML-based websites are static and the page content itself can be updated only manually. Like any other software, PHP has different versions and the one that was used while setting up a particular website must be configured on the server in order for the site to run correctly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Shared Website Hosting
With our Linux shared website hosting, you’ll be able to choose which PHP version will be active for your shared hosting account, since we offer support for several versions. With just one click, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and every time a new version is introduced in the future, we will add it to the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the older versions. In this way, you will be able to host all the websites that you have created throughout the years. In stark contrast with lots of other hosting providers, we will not force you to update such websites, because a script may be outdated, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that it is insecure as you may have edited its source code to plug safety gaps. For the sake of your convenience, you will even be able to pick a different version of PHP for each single site hosted in your shared web hosting account.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you’ve got a website created in a previous version of PHP and you have committed time and energy into developing it, repairing security loopholes and appending content, you’ll need to find a hosting service that can support it, since most web hosts nowadays support only the most recently unveiled version of PHP and give up the previous versions. We, however, have decided to allow you to select the version that your own websites need. Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which goes to say that you will be able to run both newer and older scripts without losing any custom modifications or frittering away time and effort struggling to make your websites compatible with the hosting platform. You can change the version from the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such an update will affect the entire semi-dedicated account, but you’ll also have the ability to specify a different version of PHP for each individual site hosted in your account using an .htaccess config file.