All script apps including forums or online shops save their information within a database - a set of cells and tables which contains all of the site information including items, prices, comments, etc. When you open a certain page, the script connects to the database and retrieves the necessary info, then shows it. The mid-level software that connects the script and the database is referred to as a database management system and amongst the most widely used ones is MySQL. The latter is widely used because it operates on different platforms (Windows, UNIX, Linux) and with a number of scripting languages (PHP, Perl, Python, Java), not mentioning its great effectiveness even with huge databases. Many widely used platforms including WordPress or Joomla™ work with MySQL databases to save their content.

MySQL 5 Databases in Website Hosting

The in-house built Hepsia Control Panel included with our Linux website hosting packages will allow you to control all your MySQL databases easily. It takes only a few mouse clicks to create a brand new database and with one more click you may back it up if you want to have a copy before you update your website, for example. You will be able to modify the password, delete a database or enable remote access to it just as fast. For the latter option you could pick the IP addresses which will be able to connect to the database remotely to make sure that unauthorized people will not be able to access your data. If you'd like to see the database content or edit any cell or table from the Control Panel, you may use phpMyAdmin, an effective 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 that you have chosen automatically.