Re: PHP / MySQL Hosting Charges

Hello All, I think for a thin page with PHP+mySQL you can go as low as $3 a month (35MB) I have seen decent packages, with Vserver privileges at around $18/mnt. --- Alnisa Allgood <allgood2@slip.net> wrote: > At 4:09 PM +1000 8/24/01, Chris Aitken wrote: > >Hi All, > > > > > >Just a quick non-technical question. > > > >I live in Australia and a friend of mine has a website > hosted here > >in Oz, and he pays his set amount per month which simply > is for > >Hosting, cgi-bin and log file access for his website. > > > >Hes wanting to have the ability to use PHP and MySQL on > his site and > >his provider has quoted him the cost to add to his > current monthly > >charges to give him a MySQL username/password/database > and PHP > >ability. > > > >Both he and I feel its a bit pricey for what they want > to charge so > >I figured I would ask the list to see what other people > consider a > >reasonable price to add PHP and MySQL access to his > current > >www/cgi-bin/logs website. > > > Personally, I've always dealt with ISPs that offer PHP > and MySQL as > part of the basic monthly web hosting cost, which I > generally expect > to run between $20-$50 per month, depending on amount of > space > provided, backbone of the provider, and other variables. > > Can PHP be offered as an add-on, I thought it was either > or not, but > anyway... I've seen others pay separately for MySQL > access. I would > expect to pay between $5-$15 more per month, if it was a > separate > item. > > Alnisa > -- > ......................................... > Alnisa Allgood > Executive Director > Nonprofit Tech > (ph) 415.337.7412 (fx) 415.337.7927 > (url) http://www.nonprofit-techworld.org > (url) http://www.nonprofit-tech.org > (url) http://www.tech-library.org > ......................................... > Nonprofit Tech E-Update > mailto:nonprofit-tech-subscribe@egroups.com > ......................................... > applying technology to transform > ......................................... > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: > php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > ===== Mehmet Erisen http://www.erisen.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/