A php.ini file is not always immediately recognized by the server. Here are tips for Linux and Windows Shared Hosting to get your php.ini to take effect immediately.
NOTE: To check whether your php.ini file takes effect, open a plain text editor and create a file called phpinfo.php. Insert the following line: <?php phpinfo(); ?>. Save [...]
By default, ionCube support is not enabled on our Linux hosting accounts, but you can enable it. Windows hosting
accounts do not support ionCube.
To Enable ionCube SupportDownload the compressed Linux x86 binary file from ionCube’s site.Upload the compressed file to your hosting account. For more information, see Uploading a File to Your Hosting Account Using the [...]
Windows hosting accounts using IIS7 support the Microsoft® URL Rewrite Module, which rewrites complicated URLs into more user-friendly URLs based on rules specified by the webmaster in the account’s web.config file.
NOTE: The Microsoft URL Rewrite Module is supported on Windows hosting plans running IIS7. To check which version you have, log in to your Account [...]
Files within your hosting account open programs based on the file extension. For example, a file called file.php5 would open in PHP5 and a file called file.rb would open in Ruby.
Using the File Extension Manager in the Hosting Control Center you can change these defaults, or add custom file extensionsWARNING: Changing the default behavior of [...]
A redirect automatically sends your website’s visitors to a chosen destination, either a different location within the same site or a new site entirely. For example, you can redirect visitors from your domain root to a content sub-directory, such as a blog.
Content (files and folders) under the redirect path can be redirected to the destination [...]
Yes, our Windows shared hosting accounts running IIS 7 support the use of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) for primary domains, subdomains, and alias domains. Hosting account domains must be entered using ASCII characters. Because IDNs may contain non-ASCII characters, they must be translated with an Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) to ASCII [...]
An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that may contain characters outside the ASCII character set. Setting up a hosting account requires that the domain name be entered using ASCII characters. When an Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) to ASCII algorithm is applied, an IDN is translated into Punycode, an [...]
Both gdform.php and webformmailer.php are form mailer scripts installed in the default scripts directory of your Linux shared hosting account. Webformmailer.php is a more recent script that provides additional functionality, including the ability to specify sort order, delivery schedule, and email format.
For more information, see Using PHP Form Mailers.
Yes. By replacing your existing form tag with the code below, you can upgrade to webformmailer.php without any additional changes.
<form action=”/webformmailer.php” method=”post”>
Yes, PHP 5 is fully supported on Windows shared hosting accounts running IIS 7. This allows for the installation of a variety of PHP 5 quick-install applications and the use of PHP 5 code. PHP 4 is not supported on IIS 7 accounts.
Hosting accounts running IIS 6 can use PHP 4 and PHP [...]
This guide shows you how to create and host an ASP.NET AJAX website in your Windows shared hosting account. This article assumes that you are already comfortable with HTML and that you are interested in learning more about other Web technologies. You may download a PDF version to your computer or view the guide [...]
CDONTS uses the NewMail object to create and send email. This method is incompatible with Windows shared hosting websites running IIS 7. The following ASP code sample demonstrates how to use CDONTS to create and send email:<%
Dim MyBody
Dim MyCDONTSMail
Set MyCDONTSMail = CreateObject(”CDONTS.NewMail”)
MyCDONTSMail.From= “sender@coolexample.com”
MyCDONTSMail.To= “recipient@coolexample.com”
MyCDONTSMail.Subject=”Subject”
MyBody = “Body”
MyCDONTSMail.Body= MyBody
MyCDONTSMail.Send
set MyCDONTSMail=nothing
%>
Windows shared hosting accounts running IIS 7 can use Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) or CDOSYS to send SMTP email. CDONTS is not a supported method for sending email with IIS 7. For more information, see Using CDO to Send Email from Your Windows Shared Hosting website and Using CDOSYS to Send Email.
Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) can be used to send email from Windows shared hosting websites running IIS 6 or IIS 7. The following code sample demonstrates how to use CDO to create and send email.<%
sendUrl=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing”
smtpUrl=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver”‘ Set the mail server configuration
Set objConfig=CreateObject(”CDO.Configuration”)
objConfig.Fields.Item(sendUrl)=2 ‘ cdoSendUsingPort
objConfig.Fields.Item(smtpUrl)=”relay-hosting.secureserver.net”
objConfig.Fields.Update‘ Create and send the mail
Set objMail=CreateObject(”CDO.Message”)
‘ Use the config object created [...]
Our Linux hosting accounts run PHP versions 5.2.5 and 4.3.11.
For information on PHP 5.2.5, see the PHP 5.2.5 Release Announcement.
For information on running both PHP 4 and PHP 5 applications, see Can I run both PHP 4 and PHP 5 applications on my hosting account?.
To change your PHP version, see Changing Your PHP Language Version.