php5 hosting required

[pinkboi1987]

Hi,

I require some hosting for a domain name.

I need at least 1gb space and 40gb bandwidth, also i need a dedicated IP address.

The following features must also be met;
http://auraclesupport.com/requirements.php

I also require temp root access or for the host to run the livehelp part of the script using ssh, its about a 1 time 5 minute job in ssh.

I would like a host that has been around for a few years as well, and i dont mind what the control panel is.

Max i will pay is $15 month.

Regards
Stephen Grindall

[Trel]

Hi Stephen,

That application has some heavy requirements.

Let me run over them:

1) PHP5 - Not that hard to find but, in general still a specialty item.
2) MySQL 4.1.x - Finding this with a PHP5 webhosting company may not be as easy as you would think.
3) Zend Optimizer - I didn't even know they had one for PHP5.

Your best option considering would likely be a lower end VPS. See http://a2b2.com/index.php?topic=46.0 for something around what you were requesting.

[hottweelz]

By the way, myself as with many other webhosters have found that PHP5 and MySQL 4.1 live together about as well as the Odd Couple.. not sure why it sucks so bad, but it's gotta be fixed and both the PHP folks and the MySQL folks acknowledge this. Anyone disagree?

[RM1X]

By the way, myself as with many other webhosters have found that PHP5 and MySQL 4.1 live together about as well as the Odd Couple.. not sure why it sucks so bad, but it's gotta be fixed and both the PHP folks and the MySQL folks acknowledge this. Anyone disagree?

First post here (hi), don't want to ruffle anyone's feathers (no offense intended to hottweels), but I was searching online and stumbled upon this thread, and had to pipe in when I read this last comment...

The above is absolutely a crazy thing to write. mySQL 4.1 is the current general release of mysql. 4.0 is no longer considered the current version. It makes sense that any developer would build atop current versions to prevent premature obsoletion of their products. If you are in doubt, see: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/


# MySQL 4.1 -- Generally Available (GA) release (recommended)
# MySQL 4.0 -- Generally Available (GA) release

To quote a second part of the comment above, "PHP5 and MySQL 4.1 live together about as well as the Odd Couple" - :confused4

PHP5 actually has the mysqli extension built into itself which explicitly permits use of the new mysql 4.1 features! They actually have gone out of their way to provide a superior integration of mysql 4.1 with 5.5. In this respect, it is to your advantage to use the more conscientious 4.1 integration instead of the soon to be antiquated 4.0 integration with PHP5! Further, mysql 4.1 permits subqueries which 4.0 does not, big advantage - and can reduce jobs done in multiple connections/queries to a single connection/query. A+ if you clients start practicing healthy DB administration with these new features.

If this isn't enough to convince you, look at the direction that PHP is taking with its 5.1 builds (I agree they are a long way from being suitable for production environments) with their PDO objects. Byebye mysql 4.0...

Whatever you retain - if you forget what I wrote, just remember that the comment above is uninformed hooey! :)

Take care
Jo

[hottweelz]

First post here (hi), don't want to ruffle anyone's feathers (no offense intended to hottweels), but I was searching online and stumbled upon this thread, and had to pipe in when I read this last comment...

The above is absolutely a crazy thing to write. mySQL 4.1 is the current general release of mysql. 4.0 is no longer considered the current version. It makes sense that any developer would build atop current versions to prevent premature obsoletion of their products. If you are in doubt, see: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/



To quote a second part of the comment above, "PHP5 and MySQL 4.1 live together about as well as the Odd Couple" - :confused4

PHP5 actually has the mysqli extension built into itself which explicitly permits use of the new mysql 4.1 features! They actually have gone out of their way to provide a superior integration of mysql 4.1 with 5.5. In this respect, it is to your advantage to use the more conscientious 4.1 integration instead of the soon to be antiquated 4.0 integration with PHP5! Further, mysql 4.1 permits subqueries which 4.0 does not, big advantage - and can reduce jobs done in multiple connections/queries to a single connection/query. A+ if you clients start practicing healthy DB administration with these new features.

If this isn't enough to convince you, look at the direction that PHP is taking with its 5.1 builds (I agree they are a long way from being suitable for production environments) with their PDO objects. Byebye mysql 4.0...

Whatever you retain - if you forget what I wrote, just remember that the comment above is uninformed hooey! :)

Take care
Jo

I actually made a mistake with the MySQL version, I admit, there are some hosts running a newer version and Password Access and the like are not working... but of course, I did ask if anyone disagreed ;)

[VerticalHost]

I actually made a mistake with the MySQL version, I admit, there are some hosts running a newer version and Password Access and the like are not working... but of course, I did ask if anyone disagreed ;)

To get around the password problems, you can easily convert mySQL 4.1 to use the 4.0 passwords. That was the main problem for everyone.