Possible configurations PHP/Mysql setups

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matthijs
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Possible configurations PHP/Mysql setups

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Working with a lot of different hosts, 95% of the problems I encounter have to do with some server configuration being different. There are of course the different versions of PHP and MySql. But there are also the differences between having safe-mode on/off, register globals, running as apache module or CGI mode, etc etc etc.

Aren't there some default installs recommended for (shared) webhosts? What different installs are there? Why are so many webhosts configuring the servers differently?

I'm looking for some general info here. I'm no server administrator so I'm looking for some not too technical info. A kind of manage your webserver for dummies ;)
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