If your database server is on a remote server then expect the page to take even longer to render since it will take time to send the database query info back and forth between the two servers.
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-----Original Message----- From: olinux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: June 21, 2002 11:06 AM To: René_Fournier; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Can I be an ASP with PHP? You can connect to remote servers - but i'm guesssing that this will be a much more difficult route. Especially with customers that will be on shared servers (unless you licensed to the hosting companies...) read the manual for mysql_coonect mysql_connect (server, username, password) olinux --- René_Fournier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a question to which I'm pretty sure the > answer will be "no", but > I would like to hope I'm wrong... > > I've developed a very simple Content Management > tool--called > "Europa"--that even retarded monkeys can use to > change/update text in > their web site. It's web-based, user-authenticated > (sessions), and runs > with PHP4 and MySQL. > > Now, Europa is pretty much plug and play, so long as > the web site is > getting its text from a MySQL database. There's a > web agency in town > that is interested in Europa for their clients. > Their clients want to be > able to easily and quickly update certain elements > of their site without > begging some outside webmaster. They would really > benefit from Europa. > > Problem: I don't want to "sell" Europa, or even > install it on someone's > web server for a one-time fee. I've spent a long > time on this little > tool, and want to continue to improve it. So, I > would rather license it > to companies. They pay a quarterly subscription fee, > and get to use > Europa as it continues to grow and improve. I'm > just a little worried > about one thing: If I install Europa on their > server, and they pay their > paltry quarterly subscription fee, and then decide > they don't need any > updates, I'm screwed. The value of Europa is much > greater than what I > want to sell subscriptions to it for (not much--I'm > not really greedy), > but I need some kind of control. > > The idea: In order for Joe User to update text on > his web site, he comes > to my "Europa" web site, enters his company name, > user ID, password, and > clicks Login, and--voilà--he sees a handsome list of > tables containing > the text content of his site--which is pulled from a > MySQL database > residing on HIS web site's web host. > > And this is the trick: Can PHP somehow fetch MySQL > data over the > Internet? Is this possible? If so, is it necessary > for me to resort to > new, unknown technologies like XML or SOAP, or can I > do it with PHP > alone? > > Thanks for your comments. > > ...Rene > > --- > René Fournier, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Toll-free +1.888.886.2754 > Tel +1.403.291.3601 > Fax +1.403.250.5228 > www.smartslitters.com > > SmartSlitters International > #33, 1339 - 40th Ave NE > Calgary AB T2E 8N6 > Canada > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
