UK Hosting
Hi,
Ive posted this on the general msg board so apologies for the duplication if you have already seen the orginal post.
I’ve contacted my hosting company today 1&1;UK hosting about the ‘systems requirements’ and they meet all the critera except they only support PHP 5.0.
They advised me to use a version of Magento that only uses PHP 5.0.
Firstly, is there a release that uses PHP 5.0?
Second, what are the problems I am likely to face if i try to run the current release given that it doesn’t meet the reqs… i.e. will it NOT WORK?!
Thanks
Matthew
1shaun posted Thu, March 13, 2008
Supposedly, according to their FAQ, it’s PHP5.2.4.
See http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/php/3.html
and click the link to PHP5.
Looks fine to me. Or is the UK 1&1 behind? with PHP 5.0 only.
If you’re having issues though, I’ll set it up for free on one of my hosting plans - http://www.aegishosting.co.uk
2Ross posted Thu, March 13, 2008
Magento is specifically designed for PHP 5 (but requires a minimum of v5.2.0), so of course it will work on a PHP 5 only server.
The link shaun posted shows 1&1 using PHP 5.2.5 - which is fine.
3Flowstack posted Thu, March 27, 2008
I’ve successfully got a demo site running on 1&1.
There are a few quirks to do with their shared SSL but it does work.
For production releases I have been looking at UnitedHosting.co.uk. I have heard good things about them although the price of their managed servers is a little hefty.
4Clarkey posted Fri, March 28, 2008
I have managed to install the preview site via my hosting at clook.co.uk
Fairly effortless to be honest - once I realised I had forgotten to generate a user name for the mysql database! It all worked as per the straight forward installation instructions.
5Wiseguy posted Tue, April 8, 2008
Hi all,
Clarkey, what are Clook like? Are they good. I need to get a hosting package set-up ASAP and I’d not heard of them before. Do you use the Virtual Private server?
Cheers,
Jim
6gadgetplay posted Mon, May 5, 2008
Yeah I use 1&1 and Magento works fine.
It’s definately 5.2