Frustrated New User

**zyndell91** · 10-03-2011 10:05 PM

This site came recommended from a friend, via Facebook, I've known since the late 90s. I noted php being listed and read the terms of service; it sounded good. Than I made an account.

At no time did I see anything about an "action status: Process wait." I tried doing a FAQ search and came up with nothing. Unsure of what else to do, I Googled it hoping to find information on this website I couldn't find with the internal search option. I didn't find an explanation but did find some type of forum thread where someone else had asked about this problem and been told that if it had not been resolved in twenty-four hours to report or whatnot.

As this is a reported problem, I am very confused why I can't easily find information on it.

I had intended to use the site for an addition to my writing resource sites using the php option for random generators. I have to figure out how they work. Unfortunately, I am unable to move forward with the project as the website I tried setting up almost 5 hours ago is still not available.

I understand it is a free service. However, it is an offered service, and the lack of information on a reported problem is not only inconvenient, its rude.

With no indication that I will gain access to a site for my project, I am going to look for alternative hosts.

**essellar** · 10-03-2011 11:28 PM

The process of setting up an account is automated, and your request is in a queue with other requests. It's never immediate, and there have been issues here lately which necessitated pausing the queue, so there's a bit of a backlog -- there are a lot of other people ahead of you. Your account will be set up when it's set up.

That said, you do realise that you don't need a web hosting account to play with PHP, don't you? You can install a full xAMP (that's Apache, MySQL and PHP, often with Perl and Python) on your own computer for free. If you're on Windows, look at WampServer; XAMPP is available for all of the major OSs (Windows, Mac and Linux included), and you may already have it installed if you're running Linux.

It's a good idea to have a local web server in any case if you're looking to develop code or watch traces -- the first commandment is: Thou shalt not run untested code on a production server.