IIS server and PHP

janejiang

Anybody familiar with IIS server? I need to put Access database on the IIS server and make connect from PHP files. How could I do it?

Thanks

scoppc

You have to first, set your IIS server so that it can "recognize" PHP code. How to do it, you can easily follow the steps provided in the documentation. Get it from php.net

After you have all done, just create your Access database, get the PHP code to connect to it and you're done!
I'm not familiar with PHP-Access, though. MySQL should be a better alternative for this. =)

janejiang

Can I download IIS to my local computer? Is it free? If I put Access database on IIS server while the PHP files on Unix machine, can it work?

Thanks

piersk

if u have one of the NT clones (NT/2000/XP) then IIS is one of the windows add-ons in Add/Remove programs in the control panel. If you dont have one of the clones, try PWS or Xitami

searain

IIS is in NT server/2000 etc. If you don't have the IIS, you can get PWS for free, but PWS may not powerful to run a large traffic web server.

Why not use Apache? since IIS is new to you anyway, why just learn Apache, it is powerful than PWS if you cannot get IIS?

You need some component to connect php with Access.

Well, basically it seems you are going to start from scratch paper anyway.

Think about

PHP/Interbase or MySQL as database/Apache as Web Server/Linux as OS

It is more suitable for each other in this package. And they are all open source community. (some of the software copies with fee is also not so expensive)

janejiang

The reason that I showed interest in IIS is that the web server that I will put the files on does not support Access database but the client wants to use Access database.
By the way, I didn't find IIS on my XP computer. Is it hard to get it work if I use PWS? Or is there any other way for me to get a IIS server?

Thanks

piersk

What version of XP are you using?

janejiang

XP home edition.

piersk

That would be why you cant use IIS: its only available on Pro edition. Why not try PWS? Its the smaller edition of IIS (thats how I think of it...)

janejiang

Thanks. I'll give it a try.