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Posted by Schraalhans Keukenmeester on 04/03/07 23:02
hansBKK wrote:
> Schraalhans Keukenmeester <bitbucket@invalid.spam> wrote in
> news:46123f95$0$325$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl:
>
>
>> All the issues regarding functions allowing access to the host os's
>> commands (the exec and suexec family etc) don't have to be a
>> dealbreaker. Just beware if _you_ can use them, so can all the other
>> customers on that server. How you use them yourself (if at all) is
>
> Excellent point - for when I'm ready to "go public" with a site
>
>
>> phpinfo() tells you a whole lot about the server's features and ini
>
> Yes, I'm currently asking my shortlist for both v4 and v5 phpinfo urls.
> So far I've been able to find where most of my issues are at least set
> to by default.
>
>> The 'auto' select feature between 4 and 5 at first seemed brilliant to
>
> Well, allowing it to be set per directory/site by .htaccess, and/or by
> file extension (.php5) seems to give me full control - I haven't come
> across anybody claiming anything "automatic" in picking what version to
> run.
>
>> Things like a preset max memory limit never have been a burden for me
>> yet. In a shared environment I'd be surprised to find I could change
>> it myself.
>
> Seems to be allowed with many hosts - of course if your account as a
> whole is using too much RAM (or CPU, MySQL connections, etc.) then most
> will pull the plug on you.
>
> Key differentiators in my evaluation here are:
>
> A) how the host defines "too much" (the big oversellers seem to define
> it as "whoever's preventing us from loading another 200 low-traffic
> static sites on this box")
>
> B) do they attempt to work with you before suspending your site, let you
> disable the application causing the problem or upgrade to VPS/dedicated.
> (Apparently some hosts don't even notify the site owner they've been
> suspended, they only find out if/when they happen to notice, or get
> emails from their regular visitors asking what's going on!)
>
> These kinds of issues are of course a LOT more important that whether
> I'm allowed to switch globals on and off <G>
>
> Thanks again for your detailed comments, I'm learning fast!
>
YVW, and I learned from your reply I should tell my host he should allow
me to set my own max RAM for my php scripts ;-)
Best,
Sh.
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