phplearner07

I hope it's okay to post this question here --I don't see any other forum to do so. Question: I wish to have a very interactional website and my current Web host, GoDaddy, does not seem to be up to snuff --to say the least -- for dynamic web development. It doesn't even have C-panel. I need LOTS of help, because I don't understand anything! What is the best Web host in terms of customer service and getting questions answered. Specifically, what is the best Web host for an adult site? At the very least, where can I find some truly objective and reliable reviews of Web hosts? (I'm not sure I trust the one's on the Web because they may be dummy sites, sponsered by the Web host themselves.) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Recently, having forgotten I had created an anonymous handle on a prior visit months ago, I use my real first and last name as my user ID for a forum question. Apparently, visitors can't delete this and I'd like to have this done. In fact, in an unintentional breach of protocol, the script I pasted for help was much too long and after almost two weeks I have not had any responses at all anyway. (Plus I did not even know enough to be specific.) Somehow the fact that my real name is out there for all to see bothers me. Is there anyway get this post deleted? Thanks in advance.

I'm a total newbie, so please bear with me. Recently, I downloaded a script from this website for the uploading of files to my webserver. I pasted the script into Dreamweaver and selected an image file. The file appears to be properly sent (no error messages and the file field is cleared after a few seconds as if the upload were successful). However, no files are to be found on my server. The script refers to files going to a "upload_dir" on the server (with a subdirectory of "upload_log_dir" to print a log). However, nothing ends up there. I even renamed my server folder "upload_dir," so that it would match the script info. I'm sure it's something simple that is beyond the ken of my knowledge. Can you help me. Thanks in advance, Frustrated Newbie

Dear Wildteen88, Thanks so much --once again you've been very helpful! You've taken a good deal of time to reply to my frustration-laden queries and I really appreciated it! Not to impose any further, but will this PHP IDE plugin from Eclipse help me with nasty error messages? For example, right now I can't even connect to MySql because of the following error message 2002: "Can't connect to local MySQL Server through socket '/usr/local/mysql-5.0/data/mysql.sock'(2)." (Apparently this is a very common error mssg, which has frustrated many.) This is the error message I get via Dreamweaver's testing tool. When I put in the PHP script --$connection = mysql_connect("localhost:, etc...") --into Dreamweaver myself (unlike what my textbook indicates), it asks for a path to a socket, which I don't understand. When I use a text editor, I get that it cannot find site. I have tried to research this error, but I don't understand what the possible solutions are even talking about. (By the way, will I need to delete all that I've installed before executing the wamp program, or will this program just override everything?) Thanks again, the lost newbie.

I am a total newbie and I wish to get my website's survey off of the ground, but I find the learning curve to be enormous. For one, I have downloaded PHP, Apache, MySQL, and recently PHPmyadmin all separately, and I have found configuration issues, etc. to be difficult. Therefore, I have decided to download W.A.M.P. (I didn't even know about W.A.M.P. until recently, else I'd never would have taken the trouble to download everything else as a separate program.) The problem is that the further I get into dynamic web development, the more troublesome questions are generated. For example, I downloaded W.A.M.P. as an .exe file, but I'm a little afraid to run it because of a security warning, indicating that this program doesn't have an authenticated security certificate (or something). Secondly, I don't know if I'll need to delete all of the individual programs or if they'll get overridden, if I run W.A.M.P>. Are the W.A.M.P. programs fully and correctly configured? The bottom line: Is it worth it at this point to use the W.A.M.P. download or should I slug it out with what I have. (Note PHP seems to work fine with Apache, but there seems to be a bunch of stuff I need to do yet with MySQL.) Should I use the PHPmyAdmin program --I've read that it has certain security issues? Also: My web host (Go Daddy) already has this account and the MySQL software, so is it a waste of time for me to do it at my end? Finally, is there a really EASY good book for DYNAMIC web development with Dreamweaver that one could recommend? Sorry about all of the questions, but I am a total newbie! ??? Thanks in advance for any help you can give, phplearner07

Dear Wildteen88, You're a genius! Thanks --you solved my problem! I went too literally off of my textbook (they're all out of date as soon as they're published, of course), which instructed me to add a command line for php5apache2.dll. The version of Apache I have is "Apache 2.2.4," which requires php5apache2_2.dll, as you said. What threw me off is that this version has both files, but the one it requires is the one you suggested. So when I entered that "_2" extension, it could find the file! Thanks a million! This makes my weekend! Sincerely, phplearner07

Thanks for taking the time to respond. What exactly is my apache root folder? (I really don't know that much.) Thanks again

Hello experts, I am a total newbie, so I'm hoping for an explanation in very layman terms. I have just downloaded the latest version of Apache and PHP, which I'm running on Windows XP. I can't get apache properly configured with PHP. I've done some research first and have found from several postings that this is a common problem --apparently, with no easy solution. In short, I get the following error message when I try to load php5 as a module: "Cannot load C:/php/php5apache2.dll into server. The specified module cannot be found. I have followed the instructions in both my PHP 5 textbook and what has been posted at the PHP site and in responses to the letter. Namely, in the HTTPD conference file I put: LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll" Also I added the following: AddType application/x-httpd-php.php Per my textbook's instruction, I renamed php.ini-dist to php.ini and moved it to C:\windows Per the book, I also moved php5ts.dll to C:\windows\system. Finally, per one of the posts I even added PHPIniDir "C:/windows." Nothing seems to work. If I put in html in my text editor, it appears in my browser; however, php does not. One last point, I had a slightly older version of Apache 2.something and updated to a newer version, supposedly with fewer bugs. The older version would simply have all php codes directed to a blank Dreamweaver page! With this newer version, apache is stops running when I add the line LoadModule php5, etc. Should I just delete both apache and php5 and download one of the preconfigured php-apache-my SQL, etc. programs. And which one? There are three options: an .exe file, an installer, and a zip file? Or should I go with PHP 4? And if so, what's the difference? This problem has been driving me, and many other beginners crazy, so please help. Thanks in advance, phplearner07