Help! New to this..

  • carcher33

    (@carcher33)


    21 years, 7 months ago

    I’m new to all this but want to learn more..
    I recently signed up with a hosting company and have my own domain. I’d like to get a blog up but am confused with this program. I read the readme but don’t even know how to check if I have PHP or MySQL installed! My server does support Apache (whatever that means) because I checked with them.
    now what do I do? Where do I upload the .php files to? What other steps am I missing??
    if someone could help me I would strongly appreciate it!!

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  • Root

    (@root)

    21 years, 7 months ago

    I dot wish to sound harsh. But before you get too far into this I would switch to a linux / apache host with php 4 and mysql. That is all you need.

    Jez

    (@jez)

    21 years, 7 months ago

    Chances are that if you’re paying for your hosting, you have PHP support.
    If you have cpanel installed (you can probably access it at http://www.[yourdomain].com/cpanel ,or similar), then you might be able to find some info there on what is installed.
    If you see something like: “PHP version 4.3.8”, then you know you have PHP there.
    There might also be something like “MySQL Databases 5 / unlimited”. You probably don’t have any databases at all right now, if you don’t even know whether MySQL is installed. As long as you are allowed datbases, (e.g. NOT 0/0), then you will be fine. If you can’t find that line, you may not have MySQL installed. You might also want to find out if there’s a “MySQL Databases” option listed with all the other icons in cpanel.
    Of course, the other way to find out is to ask your host. That might be a better option, just so you can be sure you know what you’ve got. Be sure to ask them not only whether or not they support it, but whether your hosting package supports it.

    Mark (podz)

    (@podz)

    21 years, 7 months ago

    carcher33 – if you wanted to email me, I’ll try and sort it for you 🙂
    tamba2 at gmail dot com
    (I’m in the UK)

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