Page 1 of 1

I'm a confused newbie, please help

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 3:16 pm
by Anathema
Greetings,
First off, let me introduce myself. My name is James and I am pretty new at website development, so please bare with me :D

The server that I run my website off of supports MYSQL, but they charge annually for every database. Now, to my understanding I need to have a database to use php scripts on my site, am I right?
Assuming I am, is there a place for me to have a MYSQL database for free that will work on my site so I can use PHP? Or am I a total idiot?
Please point me in the right direction.
Thanks,
James

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 3:19 pm
by jason
You don't NEED MySQL to run PHP, it's just that many PHP scripts use MySQL. However, you can easily NOT use MySQL ora database with PHP, and simply use Text files.

You wouldn't be the first. =)

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 3:21 pm
by MattF
I don't know if http://www.freesql.org is still around but they used to provide free mySQL databases to people. Some people complained of down time but I never had any in 6 months. I think it's a good service.

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 3:27 pm
by Anathema
Thanks guys!