PHP, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.

PHP 5 is available on all hosting accounts and MicroRack servers. PHP gives you full access to all files in your rootdirectory /.

PHP scripts must have the extension .php (e.g.. guestbook.php), and could be located anywhere within your document root /htdocs. The extension indicates the scripts as executable. No addition chmod is required.

More information is available in the PHP documentation at www.php.net.

MySQL (incl. phpMyAdmin interface) is available on all MicroRack servers and for Pro hosting accounts. To get the MySQL database for your hosting account, please contact our support team.

On the MicroRack system the "Apache Settings" and "Site Manager" allow you to select the php version. Existing hosting accounts will not be updated to PHP 5 automatically. To get your hosting account updated, please contact our support team.