What do you think of this

[polaine]

Hi all

I was looking for a hosting company and I found
this

I thought this might by good, but I have no experiance concerning hosting companies so just thought i'd ask what you thought of it.

Any thoughts appreciated

[Allen]

looks ok - they say they are:
We have been providing high quality hosting solutions since 1999 and are now one of the leading providers in the UK.

you might want to ask them what they mean by leading providers - get them to show you some sites they host

also - they have a LOAD of spelling mistakes (i know about us vs uk english)

you might also check out our hosting tool:
http://www.htmlcenter.com/hosts/index.cfm?pgid=sp&fg=1

good luck with your site!

[polaine]

Thanx

lol, didn't notice the spelling mistakes first time!

Soemthing odd going on...
Just checked my inbox and they havent replied to something i sent almost a week ago.

[Till]

Are you still looking?

If you give some info on what you need, we might be able to recommend someone else.

[polaine]

Yup, still looking

I require php and mysql

Just wondering: would i require MySQL on the server if i'm connecting to a database on my computer using php?

[Till]

Originally posted by polaine
Yup, still looking

I require php and mysql

Just wondering: would i require MySQL on the server if i'm connecting to a database on my computer using php?

It depends on if you are using MySQL. MySQL is not "the database", but just another SQL database. There's plenty of options. Maybe you don't even need it. You could have a flat file database, which is just another way of saving data to a text file.

Till

[BuezaWebDev]

http://www.web-hosting.uk.com/

The cheapest hosting package is 19GBP = $45 Canadian / year.

I pay almost $50 / year.

That's not bad, actually, I first though it was 19GBP / month. I was like .

However, the options are quite limited.

Check out http://www.shieldhost.com -- I have hosting with them and they provide unlimited mysql databases.