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Do you support tar, gzip, zip, unzip, bzip, etc. ?
Question: Just getting started with you. I’m migrating from another ISP. I have a tar file (sizable) with my site content. Do you have a tool on board for unpacking this? How might I use it? Thanks....
View ArticleI want to do some advanced things with my incoming mail – what are the...
Question: Are you familiar with hypermail? It is an archiving program. It takes email and puts it in a convenient html archive. What hypermail purportedly does is take mail from mbox and put it in the...
View Articlesftp gives the error “Received message too long”
Question: sftp gives the error “Received message too long” Answer: Check your .bashrc file. You likely have something in your .bashrc that is sending output and killing sftp. Most items that send...
View ArticleLinux Shell Host – What are my options?
phpwebhosting.com is a great choice for a Linux shell host. After you sign-up, put in a request for ssh and it will be enabled quickly (all new accounts need to be verified). All common unix shell...
View ArticleAdding Silverlight support to Apache (mime.types)
Question: Do I need to make any changes for the Apache webserver to support Silverlight apps? Answer: In most cases, no changes need to be made. If you are having problems, try adding:...
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browser tries to download php
Question: Sometimes my browser tries to download or save php files from my website. What causes this? How can it fix it? Answer: This can happen for a variety of reasons. However we frequently see it...
View ArticleMy access_log is filled with requests for scripts I don’t have. What’s going on?
Question: I noticed that my access log has requests for things like wp-admin, phpmyadmin, phpbb, etc. – scripts that I do not have installed. The requests seem to come from all over the world and...
View ArticleHow are docroot’s for multiple domain hosting configured (document roots)
Question: How are the domains on a phpwebhosting.com hosting account configured? Am I free to set the docroot / document root to whatever I like? Answer: The way our system works is that you sign up...
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Why does my website run an old version of php?
Question: I noticed my website is not running the latest version of php. Why not? Answer: You can change your php version at any time by going to the php section of your control panel. Normally, we do...
View ArticleUsing geoip in .htaccess files / banning IP based on geographic region
Question I was wondering if you have any support for banning specific countries, such as geoip? Answer We do not support geoip by default due to the extra load it would add to every page request....
View ArticleQuickly test various services using telnet
If you are attempting to diagnose mail on your server or VPS, you can quickly test POP3 without setting up an account in a mail program using telnet : telnet server-name.com 110 USER...
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