All script apps like forums or online shops save their info inside a database - a collection of cells and tables containing the site information like items, prices, comments, and many others. Whenever you open a certain page, the script connects to the database and retrieves the required information, then shows it. The intermediary software that connects the script and the database is referred to as a database management system and among the most popular ones is MySQL. The latter is widely used because it functions on various platforms (UNIX, Linux, Windows) and with a number of scripting languages (PHP, Java, Python, Perl), not mentioning its great performance even with big databases. Many well-known platforms like Joomla™ or WordPress work with MySQL databases to store their content.

MySQL 5 Databases in Website Hosting

The in-house built Hepsia CP offered with our Linux website hosting packages will allow you to control all your MySQL databases effortlessly. It takes just a couple of mouse clicks to set up a brand new database and with one more click you could back it up if you'd like to have a copy before you update your site, for instance. You'll be able to change the password, delete a database or permit remote access to it just as easily. For the latter option you'll be able to opt for the IP addresses that will be able to connect to the database remotely so as to make sure that unauthorized people won't be able to access your information. If you wish to see the database content or edit any cell or table through the Control Panel, you can use phpMyAdmin, a powerful web-based interface. Using any of our script-driven apps shall also be very easy as our script installer will set up a database for the script you have selected automatically.

MySQL 5 Databases in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to use any script that requires MySQL with any of our Linux semi-dedicated packages given that we have the most up-to-date version set up on all servers - MySQL 5. Via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP, you will be able to easily set up or delete a database, change its password, back it up with one mouse click or check the hourly and daily access stats for it. If you would like to manage the content of a database directly, not by using a script, you shall have two options - either using the web interface of the phpMyAdmin tool, that's available inside the Control Panel, or using an app set up on your personal computer since we support remote database access. For the latter option, you'll need to add your IP address via the web hosting account first as an added level of security against unauthorized access to your data.