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c01d
2003-02-15
2003-09-03
  • c01d

    c01d - 2003-02-15

    Thought id start a thread for everyone looking for good free hosts where phpgedview works well.

    1. www.portland.co.uk (no adds, no mysql)
    2. www.lycos.co.uk (small adds, mysql)

     
    • John Finlay

      John Finlay - 2003-02-17

      Most people get free webspace with there ISP.  Many of those hosts have PHP installed but don't publish it or support it.  You can find out if your host supports PHP by creating a file called phpinfo.php with the following three lines in it:
      <?php
      phpinfo();
      ?>

      Then point your browser to it.  If you get a whole bunch of info about PHP then you can put PHP pages there.  If you get a blank page, then PHP isn't installed on the server.

       
    • Jane Taubman

      Jane Taubman - 2003-02-21

      In the UK, Freeola suits me fine
      http://www.freeola.net

      If includes CGI and php, but no mysql.

      The best bit : No ads,  no bandwidth limits
      The worst bit : you have to upload via a 0845 (local rate) number.

       
    • KosherJava

      KosherJava - 2003-09-03

      Hi,
      While this thread is dealing with free hosting, I can recommend a very inexpensive service.

      http://www.digitalspace.net/webhosting

      The $36 a year plan works for me. It includes many extras. Total storage of  10MB, mySQL, php hosting, unlimited email / webmail accounts, ftp / telnet / ssh etc.
      For me one big feature is tech support. While their tech support is mostly via online chat, I was very pleasantly surprised at how helpful they were. When I tried using the Jewish calendar support in 2.14 beta (to be much improved in 2.50) they immediately agreed to recompile php using the calendar flag. This was amazing considering what the plan costs.

       

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