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In previous blog posts, including our comparison of HHVM vs PHPNG, we talk about how PHP 7 typically beats HHVM by up to 20% and it is up to 100% faster than PHP 5.6 (even though we do need to run our own performance comparisons here at Hosting.com).

With the recent Alpha release of PHP 7, Hosting.com is proud to be one of the first providers to offer PHP 7 Hosting. PHP 7 is available on Hosting.com's Turbo Web Hosting service. Our PHP Switcher makes it easy to move between multiple PHP versions including PHP 5.1-5.6, and of course PHP 7.

The easiest way to understand why HTML and functional code should be separated out is to think of your HTML as another function. Separating out your code into individual functions based on their behavior and use makes obvious logical sense. Learn more here!

At Hosting.com, you get the best versions of the most popular software including PHP! We're excited to announce the launch of PHP 5.5 Hosting.

The release of PHP 5.5 has been announced, and it will be deprecating the old standard MySQL functions (such as mysql_query). It's been known that this was coming for a while, and developers have been encouraged to migrate to MySQLi or PDO, but many haven't. If you've been putting it off, it's probably time to make the jump before moving to PHP 5.5.

The most commonly exploited vulnerabilities are usually the ones easiest to avoid. Learn how to protect your project here with best PHP practices!