PHP, which is a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most commonly used general-purpose scripting languages available out there. Any site or web-based application created using PHP will run on a given web server on the condition that a PHP module is activated, which makes the language absolutely universal and it’s not really a big surprise that there are actually several million servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP-driven websites hosted on them. PHP is preferred over HTML owing to the fact that it allows you to build a dynamic site with a ton of options. A PHP-based social networking website, for example, will display different web content to each user regardless of the fact that the URL will not change. In contrast, HTML websites are static and the content on the pages can be updated only manually. Just like any other piece of software, PHP has different versions and the one that was used whilst setting up a given website must be configured on the web server so that the site can run properly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Web Hosting
Our web hosting servers support several versions of PHP, so your sites will run flawlessly even if your PHP-based scripts are out of date. We acknowledge the fact that an old site does not necessarily mean a vulnerable one as you may have carried out plenty of modifications to its code. That is the reason why we support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 and you can choose which version will be enabled for your shared hosting account. You can change the version with one click of the mouse inside your Hepsia Control Panel and the update will take effect momentarily. If you wish to run both older and newer scripts, there’s even an option to use a different version of PHP for each domain of yours at the same time.