Free Hosting Services With Support For PHP / MySQL Based Applications
There are various situations when a developer needs to test PHP / MySQL based applications in an environment different than localhost. If a paid service is not available, a free one represents a rapid alternative both for testing purposes, as well as for short term hosting of a certain website.
Most of the existing free hosting services providing support for PHP scripts and applications which require the presence of a MySQL database, offer enough free storage space, bandwidth and other features comparable with the ones existing in the paid services. In the same time, if you do not have a domain name, a free subdomain is also provided.
The free hosting account management can be performed directly from any web browser in a visual manner with the help of popular applications like VistaPanel or cPanel, which are automatically configured for every user. Automatic installers of the scripts, such as Fantastico could be also found in many of the existing free hosting services.
When you select a free hosting service in order to host a website for a long time or to test the service quality, if you are planning to upgrade to a paid plan, is recommended to analyze important aspects regarding the limits of hard drive space, bandwidth, FTP accounts number, the number of MySQL databases available, data backup, type of customer support and more.
The next list presents the most used and reviewed free web hosting services for PHP / MySQL websites and applications:
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