Comments on: How to run PHP5 on 1and1.com in 1 easy step… http://www.thecodecave.com/article206 Cold storage before my best ideas melt away... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:32:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kalvan.org » Blog Archive » Irony http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-64255 Kalvan.org » Blog Archive » Irony Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:47:57 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-64255 [...] support. Scrolling through the comments, however, resulted in this gem, which eventually led me to this site. After making the simple change, the test script [...] [...] support. Scrolling through the comments, however, resulted in this gem, which eventually led me to this site. After making the simple change, the test script [...]

]]> By: Oscar http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-63667 Oscar Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:43:35 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-63667 Hello, Dreamhost is expensive , high cost and very, very, very slow. Too much services (ssh, great shell but very slowly). It´s very no proffesional. Hello, Dreamhost is expensive , high cost and very, very, very slow.
Too much services (ssh, great shell but very slowly).
It´s very no proffesional.

]]> By: Hilary http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-62430 Hilary Wed, 21 May 2008 16:40:21 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-62430 I recently had a problem where on the 1and1 shared hosting setup my web site was hacked and started happily serving malware, I pulled the site asap and fortunately it was not the main one although it was the blog, being mighty peeved I wrote stinking email to the support diversion (deliberate pun) and they came back that I should have the addtype, my attitude is it is a shared server you morons you look after it. Fact is if any site gets hacked because it is a weakness in the php (the 1and1 support techy's words not mine) it will infect the rest of the physical machine depending on how securely that is setup, or not in this case. I had to manually go through every sungle table and sql query to find the little bugger. Anyway I have the same problem and I found out that 1and1 was to blame for another clients problems when they used the cgi only version instead of doing a proper install of php. I recently had a problem where on the 1and1 shared hosting setup my web site was hacked and started happily serving malware, I pulled the site asap and fortunately it was not the main one although it was the blog, being mighty peeved I wrote stinking email to the support diversion (deliberate pun) and they came back that I should have the addtype, my attitude is it is a shared server you morons you look after it.

Fact is if any site gets hacked because it is a weakness in the php (the 1and1 support techy’s words not mine) it will infect the rest of the physical machine depending on how securely that is setup, or not in this case. I had to manually go through every sungle table and sql query to find the little bugger.

Anyway I have the same problem and I found out that 1and1 was to blame for another clients problems when they used the cgi only version instead of doing a proper install of php.

]]> By: Jim http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61859 Jim Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:09:18 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61859 Thanks! I just created a file in my root directory called "testphp.php" and opened that in my browser after editing my .htaccess ... Worked great. Thanks! I just created a file in my root directory called “testphp.php” and opened that in my browser after editing my .htaccess … Worked great.

]]> By: Emily http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61826 Emily Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:27:02 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61826 Thank you so much - this really helped us out - all fixed now at www.empdesigns.co.uk Thank you so much - this really helped us out - all fixed now at http://www.empdesigns.co.uk

]]> By: Hendrik http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61641 Hendrik Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:26:18 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61641 THX very much for the tipp. Since 1and1 changed something on their hosting enviroment my gallery2 and wordpres just gave up working. Just with these two tiny lines everything is fine now. 2 thumbs up :-) THX very much for the tipp.

Since 1and1 changed something on their hosting enviroment my gallery2 and wordpres just gave up working. Just with these two tiny lines everything is fine now.

2 thumbs up :-)

]]> By: Brian http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61347 Brian Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:48:12 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61347 There are two that I have experience with and would personally recommend. They are in no particular order, ServerBeach.com and DreamHost.com. Server Beach is VERY WordPress friendly and I've met them and wear their shirts. We host some machines with them for b5media. In fact I should make certain I put one of their stickers on my laptop. DreamHost.com is well named. You will not be unhappy with them. They have a great group of people and their tech team is top knotch. They had a recent billing snafu, that went spiraling south quickly as they quickly swung the other way sending out refunds where none were due. Through this whole thing, they handled the issues quite openly and professionally. The fact of the matter is that stuff happens. What you do about it shows your character and how Dreamhost handled this proved everything I'd always suspected about them when I looked at them from a distance. And I would proudly wear one of their shirts too if I had one. ;) There are two that I have experience with and would personally recommend. They are in no particular order, ServerBeach.com and DreamHost.com.

Server Beach is VERY WordPress friendly and I’ve met them and wear their shirts. We host some machines with them for b5media. In fact I should make certain I put one of their stickers on my laptop.

DreamHost.com is well named. You will not be unhappy with them. They have a great group of people and their tech team is top knotch. They had a recent billing snafu, that went spiraling south quickly as they quickly swung the other way sending out refunds where none were due. Through this whole thing, they handled the issues quite openly and professionally. The fact of the matter is that stuff happens. What you do about it shows your character and how Dreamhost handled this proved everything I’d always suspected about them when I looked at them from a distance. And I would proudly wear one of their shirts too if I had one. ;)

]]> By: Craig http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61300 Craig Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:03:51 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61300 @Michael A Small Orange offers both PHP4 and PHP5. SSL works with no gimmicks. http://www.asmallorange.com/ @Michael

A Small Orange offers both PHP4 and PHP5. SSL works with no gimmicks.

http://www.asmallorange.com/

]]> By: travis http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61290 travis Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:36:37 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61290 Thanks for the tip, I had AddType x-mapp-php5 .php already in my .htaccess and experienced the issue with it defaulting to php4 when using SSL. I added the line AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php and it worked great!! thanks for saving me from renaming all my php files! Thanks for the tip, I had AddType x-mapp-php5 .php already in my .htaccess and experienced the issue with it defaulting to php4 when using SSL. I added the line AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php and it worked great!! thanks for saving me from renaming all my php files!

]]> By: Michael Ray http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61248 Michael Ray Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:36:29 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61248 For those of you who are anti 1and1, what host would you suggest as an alternative (and don't say godaddy) ? I have been relatively pleased with 1and1 until I tried using the Zend Framework with it and it has just been a confusing mess. For those of you who are anti 1and1, what host would you suggest as an alternative (and don’t say godaddy) ? I have been relatively pleased with 1and1 until I tried using the Zend Framework with it and it has just been a confusing mess.

]]> By: James http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61093 James Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:39:08 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-61093 Thanks so much man! As soon as I needed PHP 5 and found it was not the default, I got a little worried, but one quick search and alas I found your tip! You've saved the day for me! Keep up the great work! Thanks so much man! As soon as I needed PHP 5 and found it was not the default, I got a little worried, but one quick search and alas I found your tip! You’ve saved the day for me! Keep up the great work!

]]> By: jts http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-59686 jts Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:47:15 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-59686 Probably one of their automated tools? Did you password protect any directories or use any other 1and1 web tools to manage your account? Probably one of their automated tools? Did you password protect any directories or use any other 1and1 web tools to manage your account?

]]> By: Lon http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-59685 Lon Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:44:35 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-59685 works fantastic, but any chance you know why something keeps rewriting my htaaccess file and removing those lines? works fantastic, but any chance you know why something keeps rewriting my htaaccess file and removing those lines?

]]> By: Brian http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-55744 Brian Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:11:22 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-55744 There is a link somwhere in 1and1's help desk but it is buried really deep in there. I thought about taking down this post when I saw it was there but then I figured that if I couldn't find it till I knew what to look for, others were probably in the same boat. Glad this worked for you! There is a link somwhere in 1and1’s help desk but it is buried really deep in there. I thought about taking down this post when I saw it was there but then I figured that if I couldn’t find it till I knew what to look for, others were probably in the same boat. Glad this worked for you!

]]> By: jts http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-55705 jts Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:10:25 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-55705 Rail.... Tried it and used a specific PHP5 test (hello world with a try/catch) and it seemed to work. Not sure why the help desk didn't offer that up! Will have to do more testing to double check it is working. Rail….

Tried it and used a specific PHP5 test (hello world with a try/catch) and it seemed to work. Not sure why the help desk didn’t offer that up! Will have to do more testing to double check it is working.

]]> By: Rail http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-55704 Rail Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-55704 In .htaccess put: AddType x-mapp-php5 .php AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php seems to work on our secure site In .htaccess put:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php

seems to work on our secure site

]]> By: bluefish http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-38196 bluefish Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:20:40 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-38196 Hiya - I had the same issue on 1and1 - using the SSL certificate that comes integrated with their accounts - https seemed to just the AddType from working. I used phpinfo to check - and the https server did default back to PHP4. So I added AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php to my .htaccess ... and way hay everything is back to php5 :-) Another way round this is to use their free ssl relay service which seems to keep everything working happily on PHP5 - but you do end up with an ugly url ... In 1and1 control panel - in admin / domains select which domain you want to register with their relay server then just use https://sslrelay.com/ Hope that helps someone ... Hiya - I had the same issue on 1and1 - using the SSL certificate that comes integrated with their accounts - https seemed to just the AddType from working.

I used phpinfo to check - and the https server did default back to PHP4.

So I added AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php to my .htaccess … and way hay everything is back to php5 :-)
Another way round this is to use their free ssl relay service which seems to keep everything working happily on PHP5 - but you do end up with an ugly url …
In 1and1 control panel - in admin / domains select which domain you want to register with their relay server then just use
https://sslrelay.com/

Hope that helps someone …

]]> By: JTS http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-32249 JTS Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:49:43 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-32249 hehe. That's the million dollar questions (or 14.95 a month). Thank God I built the system in a relatively modular fashion, as I only had to change the names of the business processing scripts. (http://EverythingFreight.com if you are interested). hehe. That’s the million dollar questions (or 14.95 a month). Thank God I built the system in a relatively modular fashion, as I only had to change the names of the business processing scripts. (http://EverythingFreight.com if you are interested).

]]> By: Brian http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-31373 Brian Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:00:35 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-31373 Oh, I understood that, I just don't understand why secure mode has any thing do do with it unless it is somehow first being processed through a seperate server... Oh, I understood that, I just don’t understand why secure mode has any thing do do with it unless it is somehow first being processed through a seperate server…

]]> By: jts http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-31341 jts Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:01:35 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-31341 Brian, the cert came with the developer package. I used the default setup procedures that 1and1.com provides. My entire web-app was built in PHP5. It works great with the .HTACCESS file in non-secure mode. As soon as you switch over to the good ol' HTTPS, it bombs miserably. I've tried renaming some of the files to be .PHP5 and it does actually work. Its just frustrating that the .HTACCESS file does not work in HTTPS mode. 1and1 usually hasn't given me any grief, but if they are going to support PHP5 AND provide documentation demonstrating the .HTACCESS file, they should definetly make it clear that it will not work in Secure mode. Brian, the cert came with the developer package. I used the default setup procedures that 1and1.com provides.
My entire web-app was built in PHP5. It works great with the .HTACCESS file in non-secure mode. As soon as you switch over to the good ol’ HTTPS, it bombs miserably. I’ve tried renaming some of the files to be .PHP5 and it does actually work. Its just frustrating that the .HTACCESS file does not work in HTTPS mode. 1and1 usually hasn’t given me any grief, but if they are going to support PHP5 AND provide documentation demonstrating the .HTACCESS file, they should definetly make it clear that it will not work in Secure mode.

]]> By: Brian http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-31092 Brian Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:42:45 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-31092 Oh, how interesting... I'm not buying the "simply doesn't work" answer. There's more to it then that, I'm sure. How do you have your https configured. Are you using your own certificate or the shared one? This is something I've not yet played with on these servers. I bet there is a deeper answer to your problem. Oh, how interesting… I’m not buying the “simply doesn’t work” answer. There’s more to it then that, I’m sure. How do you have your https configured. Are you using your own certificate or the shared one? This is something I’ve not yet played with on these servers. I bet there is a deeper answer to your problem.

]]> By: JTS http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-30876 JTS Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:43:59 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-30876 The "AddType" rule works great for non-secured sites on 1and1.com, but NOT secured sites. From one of the "support" people at 1and1 (I use the word "support" lightly). "The AddType rule will not work when accessing through https. You will need to rename any scripts that should be parsed in PHP 5 to end in .php5." I ended up renaming everything to get it to work. Ridiculous actually. The “AddType” rule works great for non-secured sites on 1and1.com, but NOT secured sites. From one of the “support” people at 1and1 (I use the word “support” lightly).

“The AddType rule will not work when accessing through https. You will
need to rename any scripts that should be parsed in PHP 5 to end in
.php5.”

I ended up renaming everything to get it to work. Ridiculous actually.

]]> By: elliptical . . . : Blog Archive : links for 2007-05-20 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-24996 elliptical . . . : Blog Archive : links for 2007-05-20 Sun, 20 May 2007 07:42:59 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-24996 [...] How to run PHP5 on * in 1 easy step… Originally about 1and1, who host some of my sites. (tags: php web hosting howto reference BryanLayman) Tags:None [...] [...] How to run PHP5 on * in 1 easy step… Originally about 1and1, who host some of my sites. (tags: php web hosting howto reference BryanLayman) Tags:None [...]

]]> By: Brian http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-24310 Brian Wed, 16 May 2007 18:42:57 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-24310 Both! The default PHP processor IS 4.4.1. and that's what you get when you run php directly from the command line. However, when a request comes through the http: interface, Apache will see the over-ride and send it to the newer release. So, both are telling the truth, because you are asking two different questions. Hope that helps Both!

The default PHP processor IS 4.4.1. and that’s what you get when you run php directly from the command line.

However, when a request comes through the http: interface, Apache will see the over-ride and send it to the newer release.

So, both are telling the truth, because you are asking two different questions.

Hope that helps

]]> By: pear http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-24307 pear Wed, 16 May 2007 18:11:41 +0000 http://www.thecodecave.com/article206#comment-24307 but if you type php -v In the command line, you will get php 4.4.1 which one tell you the truth? phpinfo() or command line? but if you type
php -v
In the command line, you will get php 4.4.1

which one tell you the truth? phpinfo() or command line?

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