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PHP is a widely used server side scripting language. It's extremely flexible and can be used for small scripts as well as complex web based applications.
PHP support is offered by practically all commercial Unix/Linux based web hosting services.
If you need to find free PHP hosting services to create a personal website or to learn PHP programming without spending money for a paid hosting service, check out the following websites. I've personally tested all of them.
110mb.com offers (as the name suggests) 110 megabytes of free web space and unlimited bandwidth. Your account is instantly activated after sign up and you can start building your websites immediately with the online file manager.
PHP support, MySql databases and FTP access are available, but to have these features enabled on your account you must submit a support ticket. The site also offers a support forum.
Websites created at 100mb.com are completely ad free. Advertisements are present only inside your Control Panel.
Awardspace.com offers free hosting accounts with 200MB of disk space, 5GB of monthly traffic, MySql (1 database), FTP and PHP support. Account activation is immediate. You can choose to host your own domain or set up a subdomain (yoursite.awardspace.com) inside your web hosting Control Panel.
Your website files can be created and saved with a web based file manager or uploaded with FTP. MySql databases are administered with a standard phpMyAdmin.
Awardspace doesn't insert any advertisement in your website.
If you need more than 1 MySql database, more space/bandwith or additional features you can upgrade to a paid hosting plan.
Freehostia.com free hosting account includes 250MB of disk space, 5GB of monthly traffic, 3 POP3 email accounts, 3 email aliases, Perl and PHP support, 1 MySQL database (10MB of database space).
Your account is instantly activated with all the features immediately available, including PHP support. You can register a new domain, transfer an existing domain or use a subdomain.
To manage your site you can utilize a web based file manager or upload files with FTP. No ads or banners will be inserted in your pages.
Hopefully these quick notes will be helpful to find free php hosting services suitable for your need.
If you find that some of these services are no longer free or if you know other companies that provide free php hosting services and you want to see them listed, please let us know from our contact page.
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