rnrnSo you have finally arrived at a stage where you to need tornchoose a web host to run your PHP & MySQL supported website.rnThis means your website is dynamic, that is, it changesrnaccording to the feedback from your visitors or the data yourrnMySQL database contains.rnrnYou may need PHP features in your web hosting for the followingrnreasons:rnrn[o] YOU NEED TO PROCESS THE WEB FORM USING phprnrnAlthough there are numerous CGI scripts available (and manyrnhosts provide these scripts for free), if you can, it isrnpreferable to get your own script written to meet your specificrnrequirements. The cgi scripts available at your web host arernvery generic in nature. If you have your own PHP script tornhandle your form, you can generate your own response when arnvisitor submits your form.rnrnThere are great many JavaScripts that can help you validate yourrnforms, but these days many surfers prefer to disable scripts forrnthe fearing on getting infected with worms and viruses. phprnscript on the other hand a server-side script and nobody canrnstop them from running as long as the browser is loading the webrnpage.rnrnYou can also send a customized “thank you” message to whoeverrnsubmits the form. After sending the “thank you” message andrnemailing the form details to you, your customized php script canrnalso save the submitted information in a php database.rnrn[o] MANAGE PRODUCT CATALOGS WITH php & MySql DATABASErnrnYou may like to generate your pages dynamically using data inrnyour MySQL database. For example, if you want to maintain arncatalog of 150 different wine bags, it would be arduous tornmaintain the details manually. Instead you can put informationrnlike price, shape, color, picture path, etc. in a database andrnthen write a php page that, let us say, shows 10 wine bags at arntime. The visitor thinks she’s visited 15 pages, but there isrnonly one dynamic page that is sequentially showing the products.rnrnAdditionally, if you want your visitors to be able to conductrnsearches (just red wine bags) you can upload a php script tornyour web host that shows only the wine bags that satisfy thernsearch criteria.rnrn[o] PUBLISH A BLOGrnrnYou may need a PHP/MySQL web host if you are planning to publishrna regular blog.rnrnMost blogging software these days, such as MovableType andrnWordPress use php and MySql to generate dynamic content. Inrnfact, WordPress has been purely written using PHP and MySql sornthat people well-versed with the php programming language canrnmake their own changes.rnrn[o] MANAGE AN E-COMMERCE WEBSITErnrnChoosing a php / MySql web host is a great way to go if you wantrnto run an e-commerce website. E-commerce websites indisputablyrnneed dynamic capabilities such as updatable shopping carts andrninventory management systems that can be developed using php andrnMySql.rnrnAs they say, when it comes to imagination and innovation, thernsky is the limited. A PHP/MySQL web host empowers you to creaternas many web-enabled capabilities as you can think of.rnrnADVANTAGES OF CHOOSING A php / MySql WEB HOSTrnrnAdvantages of opting for php & MySql web hosting are:rnrn1. php websites, since they are run on Linux and Unix, arernconsidered more secure compared to Windows supported languagesrnsuch as ASP and .NET.rnrn2. Lots of free php source code is available on the Internet.rnThere are hundreds of forums that readily provide you assistancernwhile you learn and develop websites in php.rnrn3. Both php and MySql are free from License fees.rnrn4. php & MySql web hosting is much cheaper than Windowsrnsupported hostingrnrn5. Applications written in php are sturdier and easily scalablernto various web hosting environments. Notably, php scripts can bernrun on Windows hosting but ASP and .NET apps do not work onrnLinux and Unix