PHP, which is a metacronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most commonly used dynamic programming languages available out there. Any site or app created using PHP will run on a given web server as long as a PHP module is activated, which makes the language truly universal and it’s not a surprise that there are a few million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-driven websites hosted on them. What makes PHP preferred over HTML is the fact that it allows you to build an interactive website with many features. A PHP-based social networking website, for example, will serve different web content to each visitor in spite of the fact that the URL will stay the same. On the other hand, HTML-based 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 version that was used whilst building a specific website must be set up on the server in order for the site to run flawlessly.

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

If you purchase a cloud hosting plan from our company, you’ll never need to speculate over whether or not your websites are compatible with the web hosting platform, as we offer support for multiple PHP versions for the sake of your convenience. The Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to pick PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 with just one click and if you need to change the current version, the new settings will take effect straight away. In this way, several years of work on sites created with an older version of PHP will not go down the drain. Our web hosting platform will even allow you to use a different PHP version for each domain hosted in your account, which goes to say that you can use older and newer scripts simultaneously. Most web hosting companies on the market offer support for one, sometimes for two PHP versions. In contrast with them, we strongly reckon that you should be the one to select the version that your own websites will be using.