PHP

• Ideal for creating dynamic websites and web applications
• Manage the integration of database content simply and conveniently
• Get access to an extensive library with a wide range of proven code

PHP (‘Hypertext Preprocessor’) is a widely-used server-side scripting language that is embedded in HTML and is especially suitable for creating dynamic websites and web applications. With the ability to integrate different databases in the PHP code, website content can be easily and conveniently managed.

PHP 5 is the latest generation of PHP, which introduced the ‘Zend Engine 2’ software, providing enhanced performance as well as a significantly improved object model.

With all 1&1 Linux Hosting and Managed Server packages, you can choose between different versions of PHP (PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5). In addition to the current version, PHP 5.5, 1&1 also offers PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.6. What makes PHP 5.5 special is that, in addition to minor bug fixes and various other features, it integrates Zend Optimizer+. This allows the execution speed of PHP programs to be significantly increased.

Apart from numerous improvements, the new major PHP release includes highlights such as interactive debugging and up to 10% more performance compared to the previous version. The function hash_equals(), SSL/TLS improvements and the addition of the hash algorithm gost-crypto contribute to more security for PHP applications.