Re: What would you want in a PHP web host?

You wrote: > What do you think a medium sized hosting company could do to give you (the > developer) better service and support? Be willing to help their users in any way they can, as far as service goes. > Is access to professional PHP developers useful when an issue arises? Depends on the issue. > Are hosting companies reluctant to give you more access rights? Usually, and that really sucks, because I've found myself having to set up my own "pseudo-server" on my computer, with PHP4, Apache, and MySQL, just to develop, because the hosts I've found are very reluctant to either upgrade from PHP, or build PHP with the necessary extensions I need. IMO, PHP4 on web hosts should always be compiles with *all* options, so there will be no issue there. And it should always be upgraded to the newest stable version within a week of its release. This may be asking a lot, but people should get what they pay for, right? > Are they willing to re-compile their PHP build to add other options? No. See above. > How long do requested changes to the server take? Way too long. The changes requested should take place (ideally) in less than 24 hours. > What other suggestions do you have for improving the relationship between > the server administrator and the PHP developer? Be nice, and be available to help. > I spent some time going through the PHP site looking at the list of hosts > supporting PHP, but I didn't find any real discussion about what people want > in a host (although I did find plenty of things they don't want :). Because things they don't want are obviously more abundant. ;) I think people just want to be happy with the service their host provides, and that means the host needs to be prompt and attentive and ready to assist. -- -Ryan :: ICQ - 595003 :: GigaBoard - http://www.gigaboard.net/