Linux & PHP

1) Create a .htaccess file. 2) Stop PHP errors from displaying on your website by adding the following lines to your .htaccess file. # Do not display PHP error messages php_flag display_startup_errors off php_flag display_errors off php_flag html_errors off 3) … Continue reading →

We’re pleased to announce that customers taking new Cloud or Physical Linux managed servers from Pipe Ten can now benefit from improved customer experience through the use of Googles mod_pagespeed Apache module.

We are please to announce that we now not only support the choice of PHP4 and PHP5 on a per domain basis, but also choosing the PHP mode/environment on the following shared servers: Supported Servers: web3.pipeten.co.uk PHP4 fastcgi (default) or … Continue reading →

Every file on your Linux system, including directories, is owned by a specific user and group. Therefore, file permissions are defined separately for users, groups, and others. All hosting accounts will have a user on the server, and file ownership … Continue reading →

If you receive an email from support@pipeten.co.uk or .com with the title “Warning (Approaching resource limit)” it means that you are approaching or exceeding some of the inclusive resources on your hosting package. Explanations of what these resources are and … Continue reading →

A quick FAQ on how to connect to your Pipe Ten shared hosting account using the popular FileZilla FTP client.

Brief: On Monday March 1st we will be changing a php.ini configuration option on all of our shared and reseller hosting servers which may affect your website code.

There are a number of reasons you might want to switch hosting platforms/operating systems, sometimes you want to utilise the more advanced features and modules of PHP that are not available on Window and so need to switch to Linux … Continue reading →

When you exceed 95% of your hosting packages inclusive web quota/storage you will receive an email from support@pipeten.co.uk or .com to the primary account contact with the subject “Warning (Approaching resource limit)”. This post provides further information on what can … Continue reading →

A quick FAQ on how to connect to your Pipe Ten shared hosting account using the popular FileZilla FTP client. Continue reading →

“It looks like sites which have not upgraded to 2.6.3 are being exploited in an interesting way whereby a hacker, probably using an automated script, is hacking into sites with the vulnerability and changing the settings of one of the … Continue reading →

A quick cheat sheet for working with .htaccess files and Apache under Linux. Many of these options/features are also available via the control panel.

If you have a Linux web hosting plan then you can use the following instructions to create an .htaccess file:

If they are PHP files intended to be called by the command line then PHP binary should be used at /hsphere/shared/php4/bin/php or /hsphere/shared/php5/bin/php If it is intended to use them as if they were in the web browser then wget … Continue reading →

Combing the power of our control panel H-Sphere and primary backup solution R1Soft, we are pleased to announce free and instant backups restores for all Linux dedicated solution customers. This beta functionality allows you to view all restore points (daily … Continue reading →

Due to popular request we now offer PHP5 support for Linux accounts at no additional cost. Customers wishing to take advantage of this should contact support through the usual methods requesting migration to a PHP5 specific server.

Pipe Ten now offer free crontabs on their Linux Venture, Multihost and Enterprise accounts. Windows Enterprise customers can now also create a free Scheduled Task to run a script on their website at a schedule of their choosing. Contact the … Continue reading →

You can tell PHP to show its errors by creating a .htaccess file in the root of your domain with the contents: php_flag display_errors 1 php_flag display_startup_errors 1 This will then show the errors when you visit the PHP page … Continue reading →

mod_rewrite is enabled within Apache on our Linux servers as standard and just requires a .htaccess modification to turn the engine on for the domain.

On all Linux servers this is usually the case. You can use a script to determine all configured PHP modules.