Actions in MySQL use or spend my Daily Hits Used?

[anon58441956]

Hi, im new in promming, and i want to do a project that requieres SQL.

So i wanted to know if the querys, or any action with databases in theinfinityfree hosting spend the Dailys Hits Used?
And i have the same question about external databases too.

In the case that databases in my infinityfree spend the daily hit, recommended use external like firebase?

Other Information

Actions that i want to do:
-Save Users according to mail
-Send messages with php mail
-Save and show scores saved in database

I have not started the project yet since I have those doubts.

[Admin]

Did you read this article already?

What does the hits limit mean

One of the limits InfinityFree enforces is the “hits” limit. This article explains what a hit is, how you can control your hits usage and what happens if you exceed the limit. What is a hit? A hit is a simply request to a file on your website, which can be a HTML or PHP page, an image, a CSS file or something else. A hit is not the same as a page view, visit or visitor. Visitor can visit your website multiple times, a visit can include multiple page views, and a single page view can include mu…

Or this article for that matter?

Pageview

Both articles should be pretty clear about what a hit is, and make it clear that database traffic does not affect hits usage at all.

@anon58441956

-Send messages with php mail

This is not possible on free hosting, but you can use an external mail service, for example using Gmail SMTP with PHPMailer.

Emails from my website aren't working

Emails from my website aren’t working If emails from your website aren’t being sent or delivered, this is likely because InfinityFree restricts the PHP mail() function that most websites use by default. Your contact forms, registration emails, password resets, and other automated emails may not work as expected. This is normal on free hosting and there’s a straightforward solution: use an external email service instead of the built-in mail system. What should I do to fix email sending? The bes…