Re: Re: php to store data

On Tuesday, 3 May 2011 at 17:50, Philip Thompson wrote: On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Florin Jurcovici <florin.jurcovici@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > Create a page containing just: > > > > <?php > > phpinfo() > > ?> > > > > open it in a browser, then see if SQLite appears in the resulting web > > page. If yes, you're done - you can use an actual database, although > > an embedded one. But this should also mean that you have file write > > access from PHP - since SQLite creates databases in files, which it > > needs to be able to write. (Although brain-damaged setups where SQLite > > is installed but write access to the disk cannot be excluded - you > > need to test.) > > > > If you don't have write access to the disk, my guess is that paying > > for mySQL is the cheapest solution - and a very good one, actually. > > > > br, > > > > flj > > > Paying for mysql (non enterprise) just seems wrong... You're not paying for MySQL, you're paying for the costs of hosting it, which are not insignificant. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/