When you use a script-driven app for your site, any data which both you and the website users create will be stored within a database - a collection of info, that's structured in cells and tables for simplier and easier reading and writing. The latter is carried out through special software referred to as database management system and one of the most widely used ones globally is MySQL. A lot of script applications are created to work with MySQL because it is simple to use, it works exceptionally well on a web server and it's universal as it can work with widely used web programming languages (Python, PHP, Perl, Java) and on numerous hosting server OS (Windows, Linux, UNIX). There are thousands of scripts which use MySQL, including really popular ones for instance WordPress, Moodle and Joomla™.
MySQL 5 Databases in Hosting
Creating or modifying a MySQL database will be really easy with any of our Linux hosting. That can be carried out using our feature-rich Hepsia Control Panel in which you can set up or remove a database, set up a backup with a single click or employ the effective phpMyAdmin tool to edit cells and tables or import an entire database if you are moving a script-driven website from another web hosting provider. You could even enable remote access to any database inside your account and decide from what IP addresses the connection will be established, so as to ensure the security of your info. Should you decide to employ any of the script platforms that we offer you with our script installer, you won't need to do anything because our system will create a brand new database and link it to the site automatically. If you encounter any problems to manage your databases, you should check our help articles and video tutorials or communicate with our tech support.