What website host should I use for building my website?

Question

I'm new to website hosting, but I am using software that needs these specifications from the website host to run properly. If anyone could give me some advice, or any suggestions on a website domain host that would fit this profile it would be greatly appreciated!

Ability to make outbound connections from your server to HTTP (80) and HTTPS (443) Servers (Ports)
PHP v5.2 or higher
PHP GD Support or Imagemagik
PHP Multibyte String Support
PHP CURL support
PHP OpenSSL support
PHP Zip support
PHP Short Tag support disabled
PHP Magic Quotes set to OFF (in all program folders)
PHP ionCube Loader support
MySQL 5 or higher
Apache mod_rewrite (required for SEO Friendly URLs)
Apache mod_expires (recommended)
Apache mod_headers (recommended)

Answer 1

Hostgator. National brand, good customer service, easy to use tools, cheap as hec, reliable, and you get a free adwords credit. Thats it bro!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

1and1 always has deals and promotions that they run. So if you're looking for a good host that is the one that I would suggest. I have several sites that I run through them and their control panel is pretty easy to navigate and their support is fantastic in my experience.. never had any issues with them in over 4 years. Great uptime and fast connections.