Re: PHP 5.3 shared hosting

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@mac.com> wrote: > Adam Richardson wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've developed a framework that requires PHP 5.3 (it takes a more >> functional >> approach.) I'm hosting my own apps on a dedicated server running cpanel >> (thanks to their recent upgrade.) However, for client work I prefer not >> to >> personally host the websites. >> >> I've been contacting hosts about their shared hosting options, and I've >> only >> found a couple that accommodate PHP 5.3 so far. Anybody have >> recommendations for shared hosting providers that are supporting php 5.3 >> (many of the smaller sites I'm working with don't merit a VPS?) >> >> Thank you very much for your help, >> >> Adam >> >> > I would suggest pointing your clients at something like linode that allows > them to run whatever they hell they want to run. > > I'm running CentOS 5.x w/ php 5.2.12 for example. > > I need to update them, but if you want, here are some php 5.3 src.rpm's > that can be used to build php 5.3 on a CentOS / RHEL 5.x system - > > http://www.clfsrpm.net/php/ > > Running a xen instance is a lot nicer than shared hosting, and not really > that expensive, and is really preferable to "shared hosting". > Because it's hard to find them (even using Google), I've added a page to display the web hosts that I've found offering PHP 5.3 on shared accounts: http://nephtaliproject.com/php_53_hosts/index.php Please feel free to suggest others (or just make a better listing page, which wouldn't be much work, either.) Adam -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com