However, as a PHP developer, there are several questions you
should ask before settling upon a provider:
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1. Is PHP supported, and if so, what versions are available? Many hosting providers
have been aggravatingly slow to upgrade to the latest PHP version, with
many still offering only PHP 4, despite PHP 5 having been released more than
three years ago. Chances are it will take at least as long for most to upgrade to
PHP 6; therefore, if you??™re planning on taking advantage of version-specific features,
be sure the candidate provider supports the appropriate version. Further, it
would be particularly ideal if the provider simultaneously supported multiple
PHP versions, allowing you to take advantage of various PHP applications that
have yet to support the latest PHP version.
2. Is MySQL/Oracle/PostgreSQL supported, and if so, what versions are available?
Like PHP, hosting providers have historically been slow to upgrade to the
latest database version. Therefore, if you require features available only as of a
certain version, be sure to confirm that the provider supports that version.
3. What PHP file extensions are supported? Inexplicably, some hosting providers
continue to demand users use deprecated file extensions such as .php3 for PHPenabled
scripts, despite having upgraded their servers to PHP version 4 or newer.
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