Does a php script need to be changed to work on a windows server

adrianuk29

I managed to install php on windows xp. I am very new to this so please excuse my ignorance.

It actually got me thinking as I have never done this before.
Does a php script need to changed for it work on a windows server?

For example on usual php scripts you need to set the path for say uploading a file to a server

$path = "/relative/directory/to/file";

would this need to be different if it was on a windows server?

Is this why no one offers php on a windows server?

What are the alternatives to running a server on windows I heard apache is quite good and will it stop the need to changing the path in the scripts?

Are paths the only thing that would need changing in php scripts if they were only designed for linux?

Is it worth struggling with a windows server and php unless I use apache?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

stolzyboy

I personally wouldn't use anything but Apache for PHP on a windows machine, a PHP/IIS combo isn't really stable. And even Apache on Windows isn't as stable as on a Linux machine, that's why most hosts don't use it.

There could be path issues, depending on if the relative/absolute thing you supplied is true, relative paths are the way to go, for portability anyway. Also you may wanna look out for register_globals. It is OFF by default now in the newer versions of PHP, but your current scripts may be used with register_globals set of ON.

That is not necessarily a linux/windows difference, but an old to new PHP difference.

And why not? Apache is free!