Posted by Martin Jay on 05/30/06 23:12

In message <kqqdnT8Mc7wlNOHZnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d@pipex.net>, ©®
<news@kidsnews.au.org> writes
>I have a few MySQL databases that came with my hosting package.
>My friend has very simple webhosting and did not get any databases.

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>I realise that he can't use my absolute path in his php file settings.
>Is it actually possible to have the database on my hosting space and
>allow him to access it?

Maybe not. For security reasons I think most hosts would disallow MySQL
access from outside their system.

As an alternative, would it be possible to give your friend his own FTP
account on host, so that he could upload his scripts to your hosting
package?

Or, perhaps he could get the scripts running locally and you could
upload them to your host when they're complete. This might become a
pain if the scripts change a lot. :)

There are some places offering free hosting with adverts. Perhaps use
one of those. With any luck the ads won't appear in PHP and Perl
scripts. :)
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