Posted by Balazs Wellisch on 01/24/06 09:36

>> i've been playing around with php and mysql, and have been very happy
>> with
>> it so far. i just updated my companies site, only to find that their web
>> host does not provide php. the tech at the hosting company told our
>> salesman
>> that only 10% of hosts provide php on their servers...that it's not
>> common.

Unless that statement was taken completely out of context (salesmen do have
a tendency to "misunderstand" people) this guy is either a liar or a
complete idiot. Either way I'd switch hosts as soon as possible.

>> does anyone know where i can find stats on how many sites use php, how
>> many
>> web hosts provide php, etc? i'd like to give them to my boss.

This might get you started:

http://www.php.net/usage.php
http://www.zend.com/zend/php_survey_results.php

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