PHP, which is an initialism for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most famous open-source scripting languages out there. Any website or web application written in PHP will run on a given server provided that a PHP module is installed, which renders the language really universal and it isn’t really a surprise that there are a couple of million servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered websites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because it allows you to set up a dynamic serving website with a myriad of features. A PHP-based community web portal, for instance, will display different content to each visitor even though the URL will not change. In comparison, HTML sites are static and the page content can be updated only manually. Just like any other software, PHP has different versions and the version that was used whilst developing a certain website must be installed on the server so that the site can run faultlessly.

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

If you buy a shared web hosting package from us, you won’t ever need to speculate as to whether or not your sites are compatible with the hosting environment, since multiple versions of PHP are supported on our servers for your convenience’s sake. The Hepsia hosting Control Panel will allow you to pick PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with only one mouse click and if you wish to change the version, the update will take effect instantly. In this way, years of work on sites built with an older version will not be lost. Our web hosting platform will even allow you to use a different version of PHP for each domain hosted in your account, so you can use newer and older scripts simultaneously. Most hosting companies on the market offer support for one, sometimes for two PHP versions. In contrast with them, we strongly trust that you should be the one to pick the version that your very own websites will use.