All newer servers have ruby 1.8.4 and rubyonrails and most common gems pre-installed. Starting a new rails app is as easing as logging into your server and typing :

rails ~/my_new_app

Some older phpwebhosting.com servers do not have rails installed yet. If your server doesn't have rails installed, enter a support request and we'll get your server upgraded right away. All new orders will be placed onto server that have everything pre-installed and ready to go.

Your rails app will run as your name (not as the user nobody like some other hosts!).

If you have any questions please contact us and we'll do our very best to help!