How to enable PHP4, PHP5

New servers and old servers are upgraded to PHP 5 as the new default. PHP 4 is no longer supported, although some older servers may still have PHP 4 installed.

PHP 5 Support

You do not need to do anything to enable PHP 5. It is already installed and ready to go on all of our hosting plans.

To see what versions of PHP 5 are available on your hosting plan, please read our article on:

What version of PHP are you using?

PHP 4 Support

Note: cPanel announced that EasyApache will no longer support PHP 4 beginning May, 2012.

Shared hosting servers provisioned before May 1, 2013 may still have PHP 4 installed, however we do not guarantee that it will continue to be supported on those servers and may be removed at any time. Please upgrade your existing scripts to use PHP 5 as soon as possible to avoid issues in the future.

If your server still has PHP 4, you can enable PHP 4 by adding this code to your .htaccess file in the folder where you want the changes to apply.

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php4 .php

It is not possible to switch to a server with PHP 4. It is recommended you start using PHP 5 instead.

HostGator is committed to making it easy to transfer your site to your new hosting account. We can transfer website files, databases, scripts, and one free domain registration transfer.

What qualifies me for a free transfer?

HostGator provides free transfers for new accounts within 30 days of sign-up, and to newly upgraded accounts. For upgraded accounts it must be an inter-server upgrade to qualify. Please note that downgraded accounts do not qualify for free transfers.

Depending on which type of account you sign up for, we offer differing numbers of free transfers. Please refer to the chart below to see what we include for new packages.

Full cPanel Transfers is the number of cPanel to cPanel transfers that are included.

Max. Manual Transfers is the maximum number of Manual Transfers that are included with your account.

Total Free Transfers is the total number websites that we will move for you.

Account Type	Total Free Transfers	Full cPanel Transfers	Max. Manual Transfers
?Shared	1	1²	1
?Reseller	30	30²	30
?VPS	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	10 per VPS level
?Dedicated (Basic)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	75
?Dedicated (Standard, Elite, Pro)	Unlimited¹	Unlimited²	100

¹While we can do unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers for you, depending on your account, you will have a limited number of Manual Transfers.

²Full cPanel transfers include all domains, Addon Domains, Subdomains, and cPanel settings. This will also include your emails and email accounts. Please note that this does require that your old host's cPanel backup generator to be active.

A few examples: An Aluminium Reseller account includes up to 30 free transfers. Out of this 30, you can have 20 cPanel to cPanel transfers and 10 Manual Transfers, or any combination of the two that totals 30 or less websites. Another example: A Pro Dedicated server includes unlimited cPanel to cPanel transfers, this means you can have 150 sites (or even more) moved. Also since there is an unlimited total number of transfers, you can utilize up to 100 Manual Transfers.

For more information please see ourTransfers Support Article, contact our transfers department at transfers@hostgator.com, or call 866.96.GATOR