Wanting To Teach Myself Php

KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
edited January 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">Anybody have some PHP webspace I can use</div> I'm going to be teaching myself some PHP and learning how to do some cool scripts and such and wanted to know if any forum goers might like to offer me some space to use while I'm learning? I don't need a lot. Maybe just a few mbs and I shouldn't use much bandwidth at all since it'll just be for personal stuff.

Edit: Or at least point me to somewhere I can get some space for the low, low price of FREE. Hey, I'm just a poor college student. With no easy way to pay for webspace.
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    You in North America? If so, go <a href='http://www.1and1.com' target='_blank'>here</a> and get your free 3 year account. Yes, it's for real, I use it myself. Yes, it supports PHP and all that fun stuff.

    If not, I could set you up with an account there.
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    Thanks Comprox
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  • taboofirestaboofires Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9853Members
    You know, you can just run it on your own computer for testing. Set up your computer as a webserver, and you can visit yourself at 128.0.0.1 (I think that's right).

    Or it might be easiest to break out that ancient x86 box you're hiding in your garage, and use it as a webserver for your home network. No big loss if you break something then.
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--taboofires+Jan 9 2004, 04:38 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (taboofires @ Jan 9 2004, 04:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> You know, you can just run it on your own computer for testing. Set up your computer as a webserver, and you can visit yourself at 128.0.0.1 (I think that's right).

    Or it might be easiest to break out that ancient x86 box you're hiding in your garage, and use it as a webserver for your home network. No big loss if you break something then. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    127.0.0.1

    Nub. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    KungFuDiscoMonkey: Yeah, as others have said you can install Apache on your own machine and set it up to run PHP scripts, that'll be a lot faster and you'll save on bandwidth. I highly suggest you get a book and read that, don't just go off internet tutorials...


    Comprox: Whoa. This offer just seems to good to be true, and you know how those are. But the company certainly seems legit. Which is odd. They even aren't like "OLOL <b><u>UNLIMITED</u></b> bandwidth" like most hosts claim (which we all know is bs). Also, the offering of SSH, MySQL, and PHP is hard to resist...

    What's the catch? They spammers? Hidden fees? Do you even need to give them a credit card to get set up for 3 years?
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    the catch is you have to be US/Canadian =P

    If you found a set of decent tutorial sites do you really need a book? I mean I did a class on html/javascript but self-taught myself all of it before the class even reached the point with a few select tutorial locations ^^
    Mind you... php's probably a lot more complex than those 2 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    PHP is quite possible to learn through web tutorials. That's how I learned PHP anyway. If you want a more structured way of learning PHP though, go for a book. It also might teach you good PHP conventions early on. I only found out about it being a Good Thing to put single quotes around your named arrays after I had a bit of PHP experience.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    !bump so someone who uses 1&1 sees my question :)
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    edited January 2004
    DOOM, if you read my post, I use it myself. You signup, they call you (which must be a Canadian or American phone number), some digital voice says some pasword to you, you write it down, login and are good to go.

    No spam email, no credit card needed, good free tech support, yah, it's low bandwidth and such but it works. I tied mine to <a href='http://www.kreation.org' target='_blank'>http://www.kreation.org</a> see, you can click it! Right now Im just using for storage and hosting a forum for my friends to organize our life and such. Works wonderfully.

    And like I said, if someone out there wants an account, I can easily get a few more using my friends and work and such as phone numbers. First come, first serve <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • l3igDl3igD Join Date: 2003-11-20 Member: 23262Members
    edited January 2004
    This seems way to good to be true ~_~...*waits for the hidden fees* how...Ive read though the T&C i cant find anything that seems like a catch.....Hmmm you just sign up they call you and your in?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->



    What happens after the three years?
    You may seamlessly switch to any hosting plan ranging from $5 to $29 a month. Or you decide to go for the full power of a Dedicated Server starting as low as $69 a month. Of course, you may do so anytime within the 3 years period.


    Does this mean you cannot cancel??
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  • kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
    i use 1&1 for a while just basically for forums and place to host files for friends. had it about 4 months now


    i love it (just want more bandwith <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->)
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Well I got one but apparently the only way to accessit is via domain only.. as in you can't just put in an IP and get there. drat...
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  • zebFishzebFish Join Date: 2003-08-15 Member: 19760Members
    I'm with OneAndOne . UK

    Its pretty cheap + good, the only problem is the lack of custom FTP accounts

    So if you want to run a FTP server, use another host
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    one and one uk??? there's a UK version??? ~scrambles off to look it up~
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  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    My employers use the German and UK 1&1 servers, and they have nothing but praise for them.

    Gem: 1&1 have servers and operations in the UK, but theyre only offering free space to people in America on american servers (theyre trying to expand into the american market, using the offer of free servers to get themselves known.
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  • l3igDl3igD Join Date: 2003-11-20 Member: 23262Members
    so you have to buy a domain name?
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    ahhh... I get it now... oh well, I might throw some of this cash I've got burning in my pockets at them sometime, but only once I get some time to sit and learn php/whatever for added fun ^^
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  • DL_SKINZDL_SKINZ Join Date: 2004-01-07 Member: 25150Members
    KungFuDiscoMonkey,
    A most excellent PHP/MySQL tutorial if you are interested. This is how I got started and have now created several e-commerce websites for clients.

    <a href='http://www.mysql.com/articles/ddws/index.html' target='_blank'>Building a Database-Driven Web Site Using PHP and MySQL</a>

    I hope you enjoy.

    Cya L8r.

    BTW - If anyone is interested, I use <a href='http://www.iquesthosting.com/' target='_blank'>IQuest Hosting</a> for my web hosting. You can resell their packages at half-price and charge full price to actually start making a profit. VERY GOOD SERVICE!!!
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  • l3igDl3igD Join Date: 2003-11-20 Member: 23262Members
    edited January 2004
    so im confused do you have to buy a domain name to?

    So heres a better question....Can i get a free domain at like www.cjb.net or www.2ya.com and make it link to 1&1 website?
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  • zebFishzebFish Join Date: 2003-08-15 Member: 19760Members
    You could get a Tokelou website

    <a href='http://www.dot.tk/vc00100.html' target='_blank'>http://www.dot.tk/vc00100.html</a>

    And link that to your site
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  • l3igDl3igD Join Date: 2003-11-20 Member: 23262Members
    i signed up...i got a domain name! its s93704898.onlinehome.us But it says it will take 3 hours to set up...I dont think im paying for it...I could have bought a domain for 6 bucks....but this said nothing about it...its my default thing...but i am a newbie so if im wrong someone correct me
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  • zebFishzebFish Join Date: 2003-08-15 Member: 19760Members
    edited January 2004
    [Begin plug]

    I like my website address meself :-)

    <a href='http://alancode.net' target='_blank'>http://alancode.net</a> - short and to the point

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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    So.... why don't they just call it "2"?

    /me runs
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    Hm... I just host my own website when I need to experiment and learn. It's alot quicker and easier once you've set it up.
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