PHP, which is a metacronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most popular reflective programming languages available out there. Any website or web-based application created in PHP will run on a given server as long as a PHP module is enabled, which renders the language absolutely universal and it’s not a huge surprise that there are several million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-driven sites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML thanks to the fact that it allows you to build a dynamic serving website with a multitude of different features. A PHP-based social networking site, for instance, will show different content to each user regardless of the fact that the URL will stay unchanged. By contrast, HTML-based sites are static and the content on the pages can be modified only manually. Like any other software program, PHP has different versions and the one that was used while creating a certain website must be configured on the web server in order for the site to behave correctly.

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

With our Linux shared website hosting packages, you’ll be able to pick which version of PHP will be active for your shared hosting account, as different versions are activated on our servers. With just one click of the mouse, you’ll be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and each time a new version is unveiled in the future, we will add it to the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the earlier ones. Thus, you will be able to host all the websites that you have developed throughout the years. In stark contrast with a lot of other hosting providers, we won’t force you to update such sites, as a script may be outdated, but this doesn’t automatically mean that it is vulnerable as you may have modified its source code to prevent security loopholes. For your convenience, you’ll even be able to select a different version of PHP for each individual website hosted in your account.