PHP, which is a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most commonly used open-source server-side programming languages that are available out there. Any website or web app built on PHP will run on a given server provided that a PHP module is installed, which makes the language truly universal and it’s not all that unusual that there are actually several million web servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-driven sites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML due to the fact that it allows you to build a dynamic site with an enormous number of features. A PHP-based social networking website, for instance, will serve unique web content to each visitor irrespective of the fact that the page URL will stay unchanged. In comparison, HTML sites are static and the content on the pages can be edited only manually. Just like any other software, PHP has several versions and the one that was used while building a certain website must be enabled on the server in order for the site to work flawlessly.

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

Our hosting servers support different versions of PHP, so your sites will run without any problem no matter if your PHP scripts are outdated. We recognize the fact that an old site doesn’t always equal a vulnerable one as you may have implemented a lot of modifications to its code. That is the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can select which version will be active for your account. You can change the version with one click of the mouse through your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and the new settings will take effect straight away. If you’d like to run both older and newer scripts, there’s even an option to use a different version of PHP for each domain name of yours at the same time.

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

Even in case 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 several versions running at the same time on our semi-dedicated servers and each of them can be enabled for your account with no more than one click from our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel. Besides 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. The latter has already been abandoned by the great majority of web hosting vendors, but we strongly think that you should not be forced to modify a site that took several years to develop, as older script language syntax does not invariably mean safety holes. Just the opposite, a properly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an inadequately maintained one using PHP 5. For your convenience, we will also give you the opportunity to select a different version of PHP for each individual website within your account.