Mobile USB Drive Web server

[redbullmarky]

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone has anything like my title suggests. I can find certain small servers etc that will run on a drive, but what i'm after is more specific.

Normally I work on my home (Vista) laptop, with a copy of XAMPP installed. However sometimes i'm working on Mac OSX. So just wondering if there's a one-solution-fits-all for this - is there a way i can keep all my PHP files and MySQL databases on the single medium (ie, my USB drive) so i can move between computers easily enough?

 

Cheers

[Daniel0]

Wouldn't it be easier to buy a small VPS and host it there? You can get those really cheap.

[redbullmarky]

i already have one, but often i work whilst travelling (ie, no internet connection) so i tend to keep my dev stuff on localhost.

 

ps. deadonarrival, thanks for your reply yesterday - the site being restored obviously knocked out a few posts but help noted anyhow. the reply wasn't exactly what i was after, but for anyone else, his reply (from my email notification) was:

 

Xampp can just be installed straight onto the USB root and it's cross platform.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMP_Packages

 

 

Memory Stick

 

These stacks can run from media (usb drives, flash disks, etc) with no installation

 

    * Uniform Server

    * XAMPP

    * Server2Go - WAMPP Stack for CD and USB Sticks

    * PHPServer - using Firebird embedded

    * UsbWebServer

    * WOS Portable

 

to which i replied that i need something I can plug into a Mac, a PC, etc - even if each platform have a seperate installation to run, as long as the MySQL databases, webroots, etc are shared.