PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support
What's the actual difference between PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8? How come it's best to have them all at hand? How could you switch between them?
PHP, which is a recursive initialism for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is one of the most commonly used general-purpose server-side scripting languages out there. Any site or Internet application built with PHP will run on a given server as long as a PHP module is installed, which makes the language absolutely universal and it’s small wonder that there are several million servers that support it and 100s of millions of PHP sites hosted on them. What makes PHP preferred over HTML is the fact that it allows you to develop a dynamic website with tons of options. A PHP-based social networking website, for instance, will display different content to each user in spite of the fact that the page URL will remain the same. In contrast, HTML-based websites are static and the content on the pages can be modified only manually. Just like any other software, PHP has several versions and the one that was used while setting up a specific website must be present on the web server in order for the site to behave properly.
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PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Shared Hosting
With our
Linux shared hosting services, you’ll be able to pick which version of PHP will be active for your hosting account, since different versions are installed on our servers. With just one click, you will be able to switch between PHP 4, 5, 7 and each time a new version is released in the future, we will add it to the Hepsia Control Panel without removing the older ones. Thus, you’ll be able to host all the websites that you’ve built through the years. In stark contrast with a lot of other hosting vendors, we will not force you to update such sites, as a script may be out of date, but this does not necessarily mean that it’s insecure as you may have performed modifications to its code to prevent safety holes. For your convenience’s sake, you will even be able to select a different version of PHP for each single site hosted in your shared account.
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PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7 and PHP 8 Support in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Even in case your sites were created with an older PHP version, you will be able to host them in a
semi-dedicated server account from us, as we support multiple versions running simultaneously on our servers and each of them can be activated for your account with just a click via our in-house developed Hepsia Control Panel. Apart from the newest PHP 8, we also offer 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and the older PHP 4. The latter has already been abandoned by most web hosting suppliers, but we strongly trust that you should not be compelled to modify a website that took several years to develop, since older scripting language syntax does not invariably suggest safety flaws. Just the opposite, a properly maintained website using PHP 4 can be more reliable than an inadequately maintained one using PHP 5. For the sake of your convenience, we will also offer you the opportunity to specify a different PHP version for each individual website within your account.