# Web hosting service...why?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 2, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153 "2006-04-02T19:26:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/1 "2006-04-02T19:26:22Z")
why do most web hosting services use PHP? why don’t they support ASP and MS Access? ---
**Author:** ![hl1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hl1/32/849_2.png) [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/2 "2006-04-02T19:41:33Z")
Because MS is the suckser0st! Access is just a database, you can use PHP to connect to an access database. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/3 "2006-04-02T19:42:32Z")
Because mysql is a free and simple alternative to Access, and PHP is an easier (and better) alternative to ASP. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/4 "2006-04-02T22:00:36Z")
lol…I didn’t know that is MySQL same as Access? Is it tough to learn? also I use ASP about 1 year now, should I learn PHP? and, most of multiplayer games on the net use Java instead of ASP or PHP, why? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/5 "2006-04-03T01:18:33Z")
Talk about coincidence: ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/6 "2006-04-03T02:48:03Z")
:lol: MySQL uses the standard sql connections, and is very easy to learn. and yes, you should definitely learn PHP. I think you mean they use a java applet for their front end. That’s different than php/asp, as both of those are server side, and therefore could not act as a game. ---
**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/7 "2006-04-06T00:20:05Z")
no, what I mean is using Flash as client-side, and Java as server-side, like in this tutorial: [http://www.gotoandplay.it/\_articles/2003/12/xmlSocket.php](http://www.gotoandplay.it/_articles/2003/12/xmlSocket.php) most of peoples use Flash+Java instead of ASP or PHP to create chatroom, why? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/8 "2006-04-06T00:49:00Z")
It’s more powerful. It’s used for bigger applications, as it scales better. ---
**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/9 "2006-04-06T21:01:29Z")
what’s the difference between the Java code and JSP(only in this exemple)? ---
**Author:** ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/10 "2006-04-06T22:08:23Z")
JSP is comparable to PHP, it’s a server-side language. In this case they are running Java as an application, which is like a server (Apache), but on a much smaller scale. Learn PHP, it’s good for your health. You can use PHP to build a socket server instead of Java. It is easier to maintain, and many webhosts will support it. ---
**Author:** ![Ankou](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ankou/32/1351_2.png) [@Ankou](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ankou)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/11 "2006-04-06T22:51:14Z")
> [@MTsoul](#): > > Learn PHP, it’s good for your health. :lol:I think PHP should adopt that as their new slogan. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/web-hosting-service-why/184153/12 "2006-04-06T23:03:38Z")
:lol: Aye, I too… FTW!