When you use a script-driven app for your website, any information that both you and the site users produce shall be stored in a database - an accumulation of information, that is organized in cells and tables for simplier and easier reading and writing. The latter is done through special software called database management system and one of the most widely used ones globally is MySQL. A number of script applications are created to work with MySQL since it’s user-friendly, it works very well on a web hosting server and it's universal as it can work with widely used web programming languages (Java, Perl, Python, PHP) and on a number of hosting server OS (Windows, UNIX, Linux). There are literally thousands of scripts that use MySQL, including quite popular ones like WordPress, Moodle and Joomla™.

MySQL 5 Databases in Cloud Hosting

The in-house built Hepsia CP offered with our cloud hosting plans allows you to manage all your MySQL databases with ease. It takes only a couple of mouse clicks to set up a new database and with one more click you can back it up if you want to have a copy before you update your site, for example. You will be able to change the password, erase a database or allow remote access to it just as easily. For the latter option you may pick the IP addresses that will be able to connect to the database remotely so as to ensure that unauthorized people will not be able to access your information. If you wish to view the database content or modify any cell or table through the CP, you can use phpMyAdmin, an excellent web-based interface. Using any one of our script-driven apps will also be quite simple as our script installer will set up a database for the script you have picked out automatically.

MySQL 5 Databases in Semi-dedicated Servers

MySQL 5 is one of the database administration systems provided with our semi-dedicated hosting plans and you will be able to install and use any script app that requires a MySQL database effortlessly. Our cutting-edge Hepsia CP will give you total control over any database you create - you may modify its password with a click, export or import content and even access it remotely via an app installed on your PC. To make certain that nobody else will be able to use the latter option, you'll have to include your IP address inside the Control Panel just before you are able to access the database. If you prefer a web interface to control a certain database, Hepsia shall give you access to the feature-rich phpMyAdmin tool through which you can change certain cells and tables or run MySQL commands through your browser.