What modules are installed on the server?
Simply log into your Web Services Group Control Panel and select Web Diagnostics. Under that section you can then select ‘Module List’ which will list all the modules available on your server.
Mime magic is not enabled
To enable mime magic, add the following to your php.ini file: mime_magic.magicfile = “/etc/httpd/conf/magic”
What file extensions can run PHP?
PHP will run all files with the following extensions by default:- .php .php3 .php4 .php5 .php4 files will run under PHP4, .php5 files will run under PHP5 by default. .php files will run under the default PHP version as defined in your Web Services Group Control Panel.
What PHP5 modules do you support?
The following modules are available:- MySQL Client GD (inc GIF JPG, PNG & WBMP) OpenSSL GetText FTP EXIF XML Support CURL Calendar BZip2 Support ZLib IMAP c-Client BCMath support WDDX Session Serialiser Sockets shmop support PSpell Support PCRE Library type functions date/time support DBA support gmp support Hashing Engines: md4 md5 sha1 sha256 sha384 sha512 [...]
What is PHP?
Self-referentially short for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, an open source, server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. In an HTML document, PHP script (similar syntax to that of Perl or C ) is enclosed within special PHP tags. Because PHP is embedded within tags, the author can jump between HTML and PHP [...]
How do I connect to another database on another server from my PHP script?
A connection is made to a database with the usual statement: mysql_connect(‘localhost’,’USERNAME’,’PASSWORD’); Where ‘localhost’ is the database on the same web server as the PHP script. If you want to connect to a database to another web server you would replace localhost’ to that of the IP address of the web server. The web server [...]
Do you support PHP5?
Yes, our Linux servers can support both PHP4 and PHP5. By default, this is set to PHP4. You can switch between PHP versions using Web Services Group – Once logged in, follow the “Switch PHP Version” icon inside the “Web Tools” section. Also note that, you can find a complete and up-to-date module list for [...]
Do you support Zend Optimizer?
Zend Optimizer is available for use on our servers, though optimized code is not supported by us directly.
Is mod_rewrite installed?
Yes, mod_rewrite is installed on our Linux servers, and Apache-style rewrites are available on our Windows servers. The documentation can be found at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html.
What version of PHP does Web Services Group run?
You can find out the version of different programs that Web Services Group run by logging into your Web Services Group Control Panel. Select the Web Diagnostics section and then select ‘Paths and Versions’. You can use different versions of PHP by changing the extension on the script in question. To use PHP4 with a [...]