Port PHP/Apache/Solaris to PHP/IIS/W2K Application

munuindra

Hi All,

I am working on an application which was built in Solaris/Apache/PHP/MySQL, now I have to port this application to Windows 2000/PHP.

I was going thru the forums and other articles in the net and found that for production environments Apache 1.3.XX and Windows is not an Ideal combination, so if I choose to have Apache 2.XX as webserver, PHP is not compatible.

With IIS I assume there's going to be a lot of changes to the code.

Probably I might be wrong in this conclusion, can you guys help me to understand more on this combination, what would be right pick in webserver for the production environment.

Thanks
Suresh.

dotwebbie

Yes, that is correct, 1.x is not recommended in a production environment for Windows. Of course Windows is not recommended for a production environment but anyway. :p
If you use IIS (and make sure it's the latest available with all relevant patches), why would you have to change the code?

munuindra

Thanks for the reply dotwebbie. Windows is management decision. Assuming I choose IIS for production, do u have any idea, how php session variables are handled in Windows and how different/difficult to change the existing code? Do you have any web resources relating this kind of porting?

Suresh

dotwebbie

You shouldn't need to change any code at all. Unless you make specific calls to the *nix system. Sessions won't be handled any different. At least not anything noticeable. http://www.thefreecountry.com is a good place. IIS specific? php.net is also a good place to look. 🙂 If you give me a little bit, I can find direct links for you.

munuindra

Please take you own time and let me know the links. In the mean time I will go thru the site and try to get more information in this issue.

Thank you very much dotwebbie.

Suresh

dotwebbie

http://php.weblogs.com/Apache_IIS
outlines some of the differences between Apache and IIS

http://216.239.39.120/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.devparadise.com/technoweb/sys/bench/D55.asp&prev=/search%3Fq%3DIIS%2Band%2BPHP%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3Dutf-8%26sa%3DN
benchmarks etc.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/banahan20010720.php3
Good old phpbuilder.com. :p

http://www.phpbuddy.com/sub_articles.php?other_articles=4
gives you installation instructions. Of course php.net does too but anyway. :p
If you do go to this site and have a popup killer turned on, you'll have to turn

it off first. They have an antiadbuster installed . . . :mad:

If you want more, let me know. 🙂

munuindra

Thanks dotwebbie

Suresh.