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Chances are, at some point in time you’re going to look at changing your hosting provider. Doing so may seem like a confusing process, but it’s actually quite simple – by following these three steps you should be able to transfer your hosting seamlessly with little to no downtime.

Ever since Oracle acquired MySQL on Jan 27, 2010, the future of MySQL has been in doubt. Before, it was owned by Sun, and MySQL was the flagship database product. You could use the GPL version or pay for a proprietary version. Then Oracle bought Sun and inherited MySQL.

Web server security is a common concern for server administrators when hosting applications. With just a few simple tweaks you can help harden Apache on your cPanel/WHM server to defend against common attack methods.

According to itfacts.biz, 58% of Americans have a mobile phone that is capable of connecting to the Internet and of these mobile users, 16% will compare prices and research products using their mobile phone. Moreover, Parks Associates estimates that by 2013, there will be at least 4.5 billion mobile phone users around the world who are using their mobile phones for web surfing.

Unit testing provides an important way to validate the source code on your applications in order to ensure you’re following best coding practices. Testing individual objects and methods within your code allows you to isolate standards and areas for improvement within your application.

In the process of building enterprise level PHP applications, it’s important to balance considerations of speed versus overall security and site stability. Many early stage developers opt for either enhancing site performance or taking extra steps to lock down a site – the most effective method is to utilize best practices in both cases so you’re delivering high quality, secure and validated content at the most effective rates possible.

As PHP-based sites aim to scale for cloud level computing based upon increasing user demands for data, there is a movement toward databases which can scale without a fixed table structure.

cPanel was originally designed and released in 1996 as a control panel for a now defunct web-hosting company. During the early years though, there was little competition in the control panel market and cPanel had a reputation for bugs and it was not known for having the most user friendly interface.

One of the common issues that arise with PHP-based sites is the growth of traffic to deliver common, static content. Since there are media and content elements which only rarely change, you can cache and deliver this content form a shared instance.

There are many things to consider when choosing a web hosting provider and as is often the way with these decisions, the greater the investment of time spent researching the underlying issues, the greater the long-term satisfaction with the chosen provider.