I have a small app that is built in PHP. Just wondering who you all would recommend for a hosting provider? We aren't big (yet) but, would like a solution that could scale with the business.
Thanks!
Ask HN: Best PHP hosting provider?
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Re: Ask HN: Best PHP hosting provider?
#2Hostgator.. unlimited and plenty of everything. Seriously. Get a 'baby croc' account for $9/mth. No 3mth deposits, no setup fees, no billing bullsh@t.
VPS is like $20/mth US if/when you start to scale. They use the latest cpanel on CentOs. Yes, they got rails.
Real *nix hackers work there, so your not spending an hour on hold if you ever, ever, ever need to call. Support ticket system is also intact.
Been with them since 2006, I found them after realizing that I was dead set on not being dick'd around or babysitting my own custom machines.
Re: Ask HN: Best PHP hosting provider?
#3PHP hosting when you aren't big is pretty simple.
For small sites, GoDaddy hosting works fine if you are looking to save money.
For "small-ish" sites, I use media temple.
For small to medium sites where I want more control, I use linnode.
For large sites, I use Softlayer.
Re: Ask HN: Best PHP hosting provider?
#4Agreed with johng.
Further, don't think about scaling yet. Seriously. You should be able to scale to thousands of users without much thought, if you're using a reasonable shared provider.
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#5Just about any hosting company should be able to get PHP right.
I use http://prgmr.com for my main site and http://dreamhost.com for the rest of my sites. Prgmr is great if you don't mind configuring your own server, DH is great if you do.
(I have the Prgmr account mostly so I can play with node.js, even though my main site is in PHP.)
If you want to go with DreamHost, contact me and I can get you a discount code.
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#6I have been using hostmonster.com
For a small PHP app, they did be great. They have awesome customer support, very friendly, helpful and have been able to take care of my requirements and questions everytime.
Their main(and the only one in my perspective) drawback is they do not provide dedicated servers.
In case you do decide to go for them, do know that you can get one domain free if you take even their basic hosting package.
Btw, they have unlimited dbs/tables, unlimited domain hostings on a single account (but only one https per account) also.
Re: Ask HN: Best PHP hosting provider?
#7PHP hosting when you aren't big is pretty simple. For small sites, GoDaddy hosting works fine if you are looking to save money. For "small-ish" sites, I use media temple. For small to medium sites where I want more control, I use linnode. For large sites, I use Softlayer.
I recently discovered 100tb.com, which runs servers on the softlayer network with.. well, 100tb of bandwidth a month. Pretty good deal if you need to move a lot of data.
For shared hosting, I like to work with a smaller company called hawkhost (no affiliation). They have pretty good offerings for shared hosting, and I've experience no downtime thus far.
Re: Ask HN: Best PHP hosting provider?
#8Thanks for the help, they all look like great providers. Its going to come down to customer service (as it always does).