All script applications like forums or online shops store their information within a database - a set of cells and tables that contains all the site data such as items, prices, comments, etc. Every time you open a certain page, the script connects to the database and retrieves the specified info, then displays it. The mid-level 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 as it can run on different platforms (Windows, UNIX, Linux) and with numerous scripting languages (PHP, Java, Perl, Python), not mentioning its wonderful effectiveness even with huge databases. A lot of popular platforms such as WordPress or Joomla employ MySQL databases to save their content.

MySQL 5 Databases in Shared Website Hosting

The in-house built Hepsia Control Panel offered with our shared website hosting allows you to take care of all your MySQL databases without difficulty. It requires only a couple of mouse clicks to create a new database and with just one more click you can back it up if you would like to have a copy before you update your web site, for instance. You will be able to change the password, erase a database or permit remote access to it just as easily. For the latter option you could choose the IP addresses that will be able to connect to the database remotely so as to ensure that unauthorized people shall not be able to access your information. If you would like to see the database content or modify any cell or table from the CP, you can use phpMyAdmin, an effective web-based interface. Using any one of our script-driven applications will also be quite simple as our script installer will set up a database for the script which you have picked automatically.