PHP versions on shared hosting in Belgium

Since the PHP build version became so important with Zend Framework, I made a list of some (on the Belgian market) prominent hosting companies and the PHP version they offer on their shared hosting.

It does not pretend to be a complete list, but rather an alphabetical list of hosting providers I bump or bumped in to once in a while. The PHP version listed is mentioned on their site or, if not on their site, retrieved through their support.

	PHP version	Mentioned on site
www.alfahosting.be	5.2.8 (*)	No
www.combell.be	5.1.2	Yes
www.eops.be	5.2.6	Yes
www.hostbasket.be	5.2.3	No
www.level27.be	5.2.4 (*)	No
www.nucleus.be	5.2.4	No
www.one.com	5.2.8	No
www.openminds.be	5.2.8 (*)	No
www.priorweb.be	5.2.8	No
www.uniweb.be	5.2.4	No
www.weble.be	5.2.6 (*)	Yes

(*) they offered to install any version required.

As you can see, Combell is worst for PHP developers. There currently is also no way to get any higher version with them. It is a sad thing.

Besides them, only Weble mentioned (luckily a proper) full version number on their site. Although customers that tend to find the complete PHP version number important are probably a (growing) minority, it can make a sale.

Also, I’m surprised by the cheapest one, One. It’s the only “big” one that offers a recent version.

Please, don’t hesitate to add any others to the list.

Tags: hosting, php, zend framework

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