Question about running PHP on Windows

[dr4296]

Greetings All !

I was recently granted access to a particular Windows webserver where somebody else is the Admin. They told me they had Apache Tomcat running as their webserver.

So, I installed PHP and went about my development business.

Then, one day, while troubleshooting, I stumbled upon the fact that they're also running IIS on this box. (IIS = port 80, Apache Tomcat = port 8080)

Now, PHP isn't very stable for me under Tomcat. I've written in various forums about it, but nobody's been able to suggest a cause. So, I greatly reduced my development work on that box and actually started doing more work in Javascript instead of PHP over there.

But now I'm thinking, why don't I just install PHP under IIS, which is an environment I am sort of used to, since I do Admin a particular box with that kind of environment.

However, a thought occurred to me:

Could I "point IIS to" the same exact copy of PHP that Tomcat "is pointed to"?

I mean, PHP is already in C:\PHP.

But can they BOTH "look at" that copy, or do I need to install a SECOND copy of PHP and point IIS at it ??

Thanks!

-= Dave =-

[pete_bisby]

Within IIS there is a section regarding which application to run with which file extension.

Go into IIS, then navigate through to Default Website and view the properties. Click on the Home Directory tab, then click on the Configuration button. Add your php5isapi.dll and associate .php extensions to it. Restart IIS Admin service and that should do it.

I have a laptop for development, which I test PHP under Apache and IIS. Apache is on port 80 and IIS on port 8080 - everything works fine (surprisingly for Microsoft !!)