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Old September 18th, 2003, 02:50 PM
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PHP not supported - how can i tell for sure?
I've just activated web space with my ISP. I asked if PHP was supported, and they say that PHP 2 is definately supported. But I made a site called test.php with the very simple code
Code:
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#FF0000">
<center>
There should be more text below this line.<br><br><br>

<?php
echo "testing";
?>
</center>
</BODY>
</HTML>

You can have a look for yourself if you like - http://home.thezone.net/~longb/test.php
When you load this page, view source - the php is still there. The server seems to be completely ignoring the php, just printing it as it would any old html. This tells me that php is not supported. I tried phpinfo(); but the same thing happened - nothing!!! Anything between the <?php ?> tags is completely ignored, but still there when you view source. So am I right in assuming php is not supported? I've brought this question to my ISP, but they are near impossible to deal with and have not answered my question at all. I'm waiting on a reply from a supervisor now.

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Old September 18th, 2003, 02:52 PM
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" they say that PHP 2 is definately supported"

PHP 2???!!!

Is your ISP using a server from the late '90's???
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Old September 18th, 2003, 02:53 PM
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Probably. They don't seem to have a clue. But unfortunately, they are the only providers of cable internet in the area so we can't leave them.
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PHP 2? If that's correct, then that version outdated. Looking at the PHP.net site, PHP 4.3.3 is current.
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Old September 18th, 2003, 02:54 PM
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PHP 2? I hope that's a typo!

That's so old it's only found in the Museum on php.net. Latest is 4.3.3 w/ a beta version of 5 out as well.
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yes, they said PHP 2 - its not a typo!!! Maybe i should tell them to upgrade? Does anyone else use Rogers cable internet here???? Thats who it is.
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You can host a site with many other companies out there. For one, there is a user on this place I would recommend. Contact "shinepuppy" from this devshed forum, just look up his username, he has reliable service.

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Probably. They don't seem to have a clue. But unfortunately, they are the only providers of cable internet in the area so we can't leave them.
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Old September 18th, 2003, 02:57 PM
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yes, they said PHP 2 - its not a typo!!! Maybe i should tell them to upgrade? Does anyone else use Rogers cable internet here???? Thats who it is.


You should tell them to go get bent! There are too many high-quality web hosting providers on this planet for you to have to deal w/ a host which is using such an outdated version of PHP.
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But I want a site that is hosted for free, with no ads. ?????
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Free with no ads will be hard to find, but I'm sure there are some.

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Try this site, and see what you come up with.
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You can get enough space for most needs for as little as $5 USD a month. Is that too much? The majority of free hosts are more trouble than their worth.
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It just seems silly to pay that when I can use this one for free! I've figured out that if I use the extension php2, it realises that I'm trying to use php. But I'm getting an error thats not really making sense ... this is more problem then its worth. Maybe I will suck it up and pay for a host.
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Have you browsed through the new web hosting forums here on devshed? There are 2 forums you would be interested in - free webhosting, and web hosting requests.

Chances are, with a little research, you can find a webhost (free, or supercheap) that will do what you need it to.

There is also webhosters.com...
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hey, another alterantive is you could just host it on your own machine if you have a static IP.

just install apache (or iis i guess) and php, mysql too if you wanna do some DB work.

with iis its as simple as installing and your done. with apache its a little more work, but everyone likes apache better.
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