[BNM] shared php hosting with some flexibility - ideas?

[Jay Caines-Gooby]

On 11/15/06, Ben Sauer <ben at redbeard.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi bnm,
>
> I have a friend who's looking to use a php based file uploading tool
> in their site. Typical file size is around 10-20megs.
>
> The current host has some strange restrictions on php ini which they
> won't change: 100M upload limit but 60 second max input time! Not sure
> how many users could manage to upload 100megs in 60 seconds... The
> execution time isn't enough for some operations too.
>
> I'm wondering if anyone knows where this could be hosted without going
> dedicated? Anyone know of a shared host with the kind of flexibility
> I'm after?

I'm sure I'll one of a number of people recommending Dreamhost - they
let you write your own php.ini; I needed to alter the default input
time, and did it happily from these instructions:

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/PHP.ini

Give me affiliate love ;)  http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?140991

Cheers,

Jay

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