PHP, which is a recursive initialism for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is amongst the most widely used scripting languages that are available out there. Any website or app built with PHP will run on a given web server on the condition that a PHP module is activated, which renders the language really universal and it isn’t very surprising that there are several million web servers that support it and hundreds of millions of PHP-powered sites running on them. PHP is preferred over HTML because of the fact that it enables you to create a responsive website with lots of different features. A PHP-based social networking site, for example, will display unique web content to each user regardless of the fact that the URL will be the same. In comparison, HTML-based sites are static and the page content can be edited only manually. Just like any other software program, PHP has different versions and the one that was used whilst setting up a certain website must be set up on the server so that the site can run properly.
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have a site built on an earlier version of PHP and you’ve put time and effort toward developing it, patching security loopholes and entering content, you will need a hosting service that can support it, as the vast majority of hosting suppliers today support only the newest PHP version and abandon the previous ones. We, however, have decided to let you select the exact version that your very own websites require. Our Linux semi-dedicated hosting support PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8, which means that you’ll be able to use both newer and older scripts without forfeiting any manual modifications or frittering away time and efforts struggling to make your websites compatible with the hosting platform. You can change the version through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and such a change will affect the whole account, but you’ll also be able to pick a different version for each individual site hosted in your account by using an .htaccess configuration file.