MySQL is the world's most popular open-source relational database management system, originally developed by Sweden's MySQL AB in 1995 and now owned and maintained by Oracle Corporation, widely used by millions of websites and applications.
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InfinityFree is a free PHP hosting provider operated from the United States, offering unlimited disk and bandwidth (fair use), 100,000 inodes, free Let's Encrypt SSL and MySQL/phpMyAdmin. With no forced ads, it suits personal test sites, static sites and prototypes.
MariaDB is an open-source database fork of MySQL created by MySQL original founder Michael "Monty" Widenius, maintained by MariaDB Corporation Ab (Helsinki, Finland).
XAMPP is a cross-platform local web development environment from Apache Friends, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux with Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Perl bundled, the most widely used worldwide.
WampServer is a local web development environment tool from France, designed for Windows, integrating Apache, PHP, and MySQL with multi-version PHP switching, ideal for Windows developers.
MAMP is a local web development environment founded in Germany in 2005, providing one-click Apache/Nginx, PHP, and MySQL integration for macOS and Windows, with MAMP PRO for advanced site management.
AwardSpace is a US hosting provider founded in 2003, best known for its permanent free hosting (1GB disk, 5GB traffic, ad-free) plus paid shared hosting from $2.99/mo and VPS.
Founded in 2005, FreeHostia is a US shared hosting provider built on a cloud cluster architecture, offering an ad-supported free plan and paid plans from about USD 4.95/mo for beginners to build websites at low cost.
Open Web Analytics (OWA) was created by Peter Adams in 2006 as an open-source, PHP/MySQL self-hosted web analytics framework under the GPL license, with built-in heatmaps and click tracking, serving as a classic self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics.
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Website database selection guide: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, NoSQL comparison
Database choice directly impacts website performance and scalability. Comprehensive comparison of mainstream database options.
MySQL and PostgreSQL in Production: A Basic Tuning Guide
From installation and system parameters to memory tuning, this guide covers production baseline configuration for MySQL 8 and PostgreSQL, including connections, buffer pools, WAL and slow query logs.
Making PHP 7 Compatible with mysql_connect at the Code Level
PHP 7 removed the mysql_connect family of functions, so legacy code throws a fatal error when called directly. This article explains how to define compatibility functions at the code level that use mysqli internally, letting old code run without major rewrites.
Docker Compose LAMP Stack
Build a Docker Compose LAMP stack (Nginx + PHP-FPM + MySQL) with a .env file, Nginx-to-PHP routing, troubleshooting notes, and a pre-launch security checklist.