PHP, which stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is among the most famous programming languages out there. Any site or Internet application based on PHP will run on a given web server provided that a PHP module is activated, which makes the language truly universal and it isn’t very surprising that there are actually a few million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-driven sites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML due to the fact that it allows you to develop a dynamic website with numerous different features. A PHP-based community web portal, for instance, will show different content to each user although the URL will not change. In contrast, HTML sites are static and the content on the pages can be updated only manually. Just like any other software program, PHP has several versions and the one that was used whilst developing a given website must be present on the web server in order for the site to work flawlessly.

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

In case you buy a website hosting plan from our company, you will never have to think about whether or not your websites are compatible with the web hosting environment, since we support different PHP versions for your convenience’s sake. The Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to choose PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with just one click of the mouse and in case you would like to change the current version, the new settings will take effect momentarily. In this way, several years of work on sites created with an older version will not be in vain. Our web hosting platform will even permit you to use a different version of PHP for each domain hosted in your account, which suggests that you can use newer and older scripts at the same time. Most hosting companies on the market offer support for one, sometimes for two versions of PHP. In stark contrast to them, we reckon that you should be the one to select the version that your own websites will use.