Category: General Information

For executing PHP from the command-line (whether that’s in an SSH shell or via cron), unfortunately, we are not able to force the php version the way we can for your domain in the web serving environment.   If you invoke a script with just the “php” command, then the default PHP version will be […]

You can change the PHP version for your website on a per-domain basis.  In order to do so, simply login to myCP and click on the PHP Selector link.  On that screen, you will be able to select the version of PHP for each domain hosted on your account.  Once you select a new PHP version […]

PHP code traditionally executes only inside files that end in .php.  On some older servers, you may have forced PHP code to execute inside HTML files by using a .htaccess directive that looked something like this:   AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html   The above does NOT work on GridIron because PHP is being run as […]

Although PHP executes as FastCGI on GridIron, we have implemented “htscanner” so that you can continue to use PHP custom configuration directives inside .htaccess files.  You do not need to use custom php.ini files.   The PHP documentation contains information on changing configuration options.  Here is a list of php.ini directives, and their default values. […]

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Whether you choose GridLITE, GridPRO, or GridMAX for your web hosting environment, our innovative GridIron® Plaform gives you the ultimate in flexibility, while ensuring that your resources can’t be squeezed by other companies sharing your servers who encounter unforeseen mass media coverage or run demanding media-rich content […]

The long awaited migration of SH-B clients to the Grid Iron Platform (GIP) will begin shortly. Starting with about 30 clients, the migration will then expand to include the majority of SH-B clients over the coming weeks. Table 1 below shows the migration plan mapping of old SH-B plans to the new GIP plans. There […]

This document will provide some handy URLs to tutorials and tips/tricks on Apache’s mod_rewrite. Official documentation (Apache website): http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html Beginner’s Guide: https://www.elated.com/articles/mod-rewrite-tutorial-for-absolute-beginners/ Tips and tricks: http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-tips-and-tricks.html Top 21 .htaccess tips and tricks: https://viralpatel.net/blogs/21-very-useful-htaccess-tips-tricks/ While using mod_rewrite is a fairly complex (but worthwhile endeavor) we may provide general answers and help troubleshoot basic mod_rewrite issues should […]

“allow_url_fopen” allows a programmer to open/include a remote file using a url rather than a local file path: it is also highly insecure, easy to exploit, and for the purposes of security has been disabled on all of our shared servers and cannot be enabled for any reason. You can still use this function in […]

CAPTCHA is a technology created in part at Carnegie Mellon University. It has many uses. It stands for: Completely  Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart Relevant to form e-mail, what it does is presents to the visitor a somewhat obscure graphic but legible to human as a piece of code made […]

FormMail with Captcha is available for all our Shared Hosting plans. To setup FormMail with Captcha visit MyCP -> FormMail with Captcha, click on “Add a New Form” and follow these steps. Step 1: Form Type Define your Form parameters here.I am using my own mail processing script which is located at this URL: If […]