Best PHP Web Hosting was created by 2 guys who are experienced in the web hosting industry. Together we've had tons of experiences over the years with almost every major web hosting service to come into the business. We have hosting accounts currently at many of the top hosts such as: BlueHost, DreamHost, HostMonster, LunarPages, Globat, SoftLayer, RackSpace, OLM.net, GoDaddy, iPower, StartLogic, and more. We spread sites across many different services so we can test out each of the companies customer support, uptime, and different features.

One day we decided that we should put together a website - bestphpwebhosting.com - so we did! We thought it'd be helpful to show other users a little bit about PHP since that's what we code in primarily with MySQL databases. Some beginners ask us all the time about how to find the best hosts and where to get the cheapest web hosting.

Our advice is simple:

• Pay more attention to customer feedback about the support staff than the pricing of the web host.
• Look at the features. Many are offering more features instead of dropping the prices. This just means a better value to the end user/customer.
• Most hosting platforms are the same. Customer Support is not. Some hosts use a customer to staff ratio of 1 staff to 5000 customers. This is crazy! Over the years we've seen some hosts come into the business and where they are trying to be different is this ratio. Some like BlueHost and HostMonster try to keep this closer to 1 to 2500 and they are doing well.
• All hosts have wait times - just be patient with them. Then judge them not on the wait time, but on the level of service. Since all hosts have wait times - you should probably get one that has 24/7 support and has a toll-free line for support. This way - you can just put it on speaker phone and wait it out with no cost to you. Some of the most popular web hosts don't have toll-free - like GoDaddy. If you wait 20 minutes to get through in peak times - which isn't uncommon - you could have spent over $1-2 just in hold time. If you do this every few months - that just raised your average monthly price by the same amount.

We hope this site helps explain the differences in PHP hosts and how you can find a good cheap provider. We've also touched a bit on the free PHP web hosting services that claim to offer service with no ads. These don't last long - don't waste your time. They come and go like the wind and they'll ditch your files - so if you're dumb enough to try them at least backup your files.

Thanks and Good Luck!