hi all -

 

I am a trainee and have been asked to put together a website with a registration system/members only area for a paying client

 

however, the client's hosting does not support MySQL/PHP - which I could probably have worked out

the hosting only supports Perl/CGI leaving me a bit confused...

 

is there a way to do this via Perl/CGI (that isn't ridiculously complex)?

or should I tell them they have to upgrade their hosting if they want this feature?

 

any advice gratefully recieved - eighty0ne

http://www.locked-area.com/ is one of the better Perl member/registration scripts, and supports text databases. It shoukld do everything you need. Also look at http://www.opencrypt.com/ from the same developers.

 

Other scripts...

http://www.membershipclientpro.com/

http://www.sunnyscript.com/PerlCGI/AccessGuardian/index.htm

thanks bluedreamer!

if the members username/passwords don't need to be unique to each member, then you could use a htaccess/htpasswd setup.

hi again - thanks for your input php_penguin

 

basically, it seems likely that I will be able to convince the client to change their hosting service

they have asked me to recommend a few that support MySQL/PHP so I thought I'd come back and ask the professionals!

 

any suggestions?

 

cheers in advance ~ eighty0ne

Flump, Clook and UnitedHosting all spring to mind

1and1

htaccess/htpasswd is the quickest and easiest way.

 

Per/CGI is a great language, but its getting outdated however. Maybe switch to PHP.

 

Fasthosts are a good hosting company overall if you are technically savvy.