I've had someone else tell me that apache / php can be built in unconventional ways and that sometimes hosts do this to limit functionality. That might be what has been done in this instance. Php definitely works on this server, although not file uploads and who knows what else as well. Strangely, it is a dedicated server, which means there is nothing stopping them from installing a standard apache / php build.
While we were trying to understand the problem something happened to cause php to uninstall (really, php is that flakey?) and in order to reinstall it we were told that they had to rebuild apache from scratch which seemed very unusual to me. That possibly reveals something about how apache and php were configured in this particular build. Meanwhile the site, which generates money for the client while it is online, was offline for 6-8 hours. They tried to blame it on me but all I did was reset the server through whm. Usually when you make changes to php you need to reset apache but it felt like in this instance that was not required. None of this I am sure of because the host technicians are very evasive and I am only going on what I was told. Needless to say we are seeking a new webhost for the client. -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
