Posted by Michael Vilain on 09/25/05 10:46

In article <1127627643.453295.99790@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"Kevin" <kaidizhao@yahoo.com.sg> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am just wondering whether there are any good php blog software that
> do not need any database as background.
>
> I want to setup a blog for myself. I know usually, tools such as
> http://www.bblog.com/ etc. need MySQL as background to save the
> necessary information.
>
> However, I want to build a one user blog without any background
> database support. The reason is: I am using some cheap web host, they
> support PHP. Although they have MySQL, but I have no access to export /
> import data from/to it (or I do not know how, since they do not provide
> telnet shell access, nor remote access to the MySQL database). So I am
> thinking, it would make me impossible to change my web host provider
> later if I save the blog entries (including photos) in the MySQL
> database.
>
> The only one I know is http://sourceforge.net/projects/sphpblog/
> However, it still misses a number of convenient functions, especially
> about upload and manage the photos. (I know little about PHP, and I
> couldn't do anything on it myself).
>
> So, any suggestions of any (free) PHP blog tools that do not need any
> background database (but still support post text blog entries as well
> as entries with photos)?
>
>
> Thanks a lot. :-)

You might want to consider how much stuff you want to blog. You can
design a php-based application that uses flat files (1 per entry), but
that would require you to either write or modify a package. If you're
up for it, great.

In the long run with enough entries, you'll get more manability with a
database. There _are_ web hosting companies that offer Apache, php, and
MySQL. Search around.

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