Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] GoDaddy hosting - (no subject)

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The main difference is a root account allows you install/configure any software you want.
You set the all that up. So- the downside is you are expected to manage your own server.
GoDaddy is a managed server and a root account (or 'shared' server) is not. That may seem like the wrong option for a newbie but
I've never had an issue that support wouldn't answer or help with. The support in one of these accounts is usually much better than
a so called 'managed' account probably because the techs have more time.
The set-ups will be remarkably similar with the same basic install you see at every ISP. PHP, APACHE and MySQL already installed.
These are both vitual machines with many hosts on the same box- the only difference is the un-managed root account allows you to log into your VM as root with full privileges to change that environment.
Both will have the same plesk management options so- if you are used to that with GoDaddy it's the same.
Lastly- any mail systems on GoDaddy will suck (to configure and manage)- so, if you have email apps that would be my reason to bail.

I'm not sure what your long term plans are but I haven't seen many PHP jobs that did not require you to know how to manage a server on your own so you might as well jump in at some point.

Matt

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From: Steve E. <set...@at...>
To: Chicago PHP User Group <chi...@li...>
Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 7:53:55 AM
Subject: Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] GoDaddy hosting -  (no subject)

Good day -

Newbie here - I currently use GoDaddy for a small database-driven site
without significant trouble (hate their help system, though). I am
interested in Matt D.'s comment about getting a host that has "root". Can
someone explain what this means and any obvious (or hidden) benefits that a
change of hosts might provide? Many thanks.

Steve E.
Chicago, IL

-----Original Message-----
From: matt donohue [mailto:mm_...@ya...] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:45 PM
To: Chicago PHP User Group
Subject: Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] (no subject)

You can check your php.ini file and if it's running safe mode no dice. echo
phpinfo();
ini_set("safe_mode",0) works for some php installs (see manual).

Or- ditch GoDaddy and get a real hosting solution that has root. It costs
the same.

Matt

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From: Sara Trice <sa...@sa...>
To: Chicago PHP User Group <chi...@li...>
Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 5:54:26 PM
Subject: Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] (no subject)

I'm 99% sure shell_exec() is disabled on GoDaddy because ... well, it's a
cheap webhost, and rather than secure their servers, they eliminate problems
by not offering features.

-Sara

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Tom Printy <tp...@ma...>
wrote:
> Hey Guys/Gals,
>
> I have some software that I am working with that is running on 
> GoDaddy. I am attempting to have PHP call another script to run in the 
> background. However I am running into so troubles and I was wondering 
> if anyone else has had any success with this. Here is what I am doing:
>
> shell_exec("nohup 
> /home/content/t/e/x/textconn/html/sms/sendmessages.pl
> 2> /dev/null &");
>
> The php scipt seems to hang at this point and the browser then times 
> out.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks
> -Tom Printy
> www.edisonave.com
>
>
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