Shared hosting: can't install libs
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2003 1:08 pm
OK, here's my gripe:
I use a shared hosting setup for my clients sites as well as my own.
Here's just a couple of problems I've run into, there's more than these:
I'm trying to build various business apps using PHP. I got the Wrox Book, Pro PHP4 Web Development Solutions, it calls for PHPLib, smarty template eng.
I've got New Riders PHP and MySQL Web Development, to build the web mail app, you need IMAP installed. I was trying to build a small shopping cart with PHP and I had to get my Host to install openSSL so I could so a secure data transfer, this took him a bunch of time to upgrade all of his servers as well as put out a bunch of other fires that came up during the process.
My question is, how do you make use of the advanced features and libraries of PHP using shared hosting? It makes me want to go back to using Perl/CGI!
All you have to do is install a new Perl PM, not recompile the software.
This is really getting frustrating.
Thanks
- Don
I use a shared hosting setup for my clients sites as well as my own.
Here's just a couple of problems I've run into, there's more than these:
I'm trying to build various business apps using PHP. I got the Wrox Book, Pro PHP4 Web Development Solutions, it calls for PHPLib, smarty template eng.
I've got New Riders PHP and MySQL Web Development, to build the web mail app, you need IMAP installed. I was trying to build a small shopping cart with PHP and I had to get my Host to install openSSL so I could so a secure data transfer, this took him a bunch of time to upgrade all of his servers as well as put out a bunch of other fires that came up during the process.
My question is, how do you make use of the advanced features and libraries of PHP using shared hosting? It makes me want to go back to using Perl/CGI!
All you have to do is install a new Perl PM, not recompile the software.
This is really getting frustrating.
Thanks
- Don