Godaddy - PHP? Who needs php - I mean REALLY.
Today I was contacted by a client in shock - his website went down; well not down, but now suddenly requiring a password. After rushing home, checking to see if there was file damage, hacking, etc - it was pointed out that it was a IIS permissions error - that the host was most likely to blame.
Upon calling Godaddy.com I found out my problem - Godaddy STOPPED SUPPORTING PHP on their windows server.
Now don't get me wrong - they have a linux server / hosting option, that's even free to switch to. That's not the problem. The problem is they choose to turn off PHP without even warning clients - or without a re-direct or anything. No, you just got a dang login prompt - which frankly would SCARE most surfers.
Yea. Thanks alot Godaddy. Next time you flip a switch - why don't you try and research that out?
And no - I'm not bitter because the client isn't using my preferred hosting solution, it's simply I had to stress out due to a policy shift they could have done a simple search of their servers and figured out would be a bad idea. (They claim they switched, found out that it 'created problems for their customers' and have been switching back. Yea. Problems.)
It's PHP - http://www.nexen.net/chiffres_cles/phpversion/18090-php_statistics_for_january_2008.php#global
It's huge. And evidently Oklahoma is one of the lead pushers lol - http://www.nexen.net/chiffres_cles/phpversion/18284-php_statistics_for_march_2008.php#usa - go us? lol
Oh well.
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In interesting news, Liz brings with her the love of COX. In that, as she works there, we get all the premium channels, and HD on demand...
...so basically I'll have no life from here on :)
- Saif
Upon calling Godaddy.com I found out my problem - Godaddy STOPPED SUPPORTING PHP on their windows server.
Now don't get me wrong - they have a linux server / hosting option, that's even free to switch to. That's not the problem. The problem is they choose to turn off PHP without even warning clients - or without a re-direct or anything. No, you just got a dang login prompt - which frankly would SCARE most surfers.
Yea. Thanks alot Godaddy. Next time you flip a switch - why don't you try and research that out?
And no - I'm not bitter because the client isn't using my preferred hosting solution, it's simply I had to stress out due to a policy shift they could have done a simple search of their servers and figured out would be a bad idea. (They claim they switched, found out that it 'created problems for their customers' and have been switching back. Yea. Problems.)
It's PHP - http://www.nexen.net/chiffres_cles/phpversion/18090-php_statistics_for_january_2008.php#global
It's huge. And evidently Oklahoma is one of the lead pushers lol - http://www.nexen.net/chiffres_cles/phpversion/18284-php_statistics_for_march_2008.php#usa - go us? lol
Oh well.
--
In interesting news, Liz brings with her the love of COX. In that, as she works there, we get all the premium channels, and HD on demand...
...so basically I'll have no life from here on :)
- Saif