considerations when installing php

[weekender]

i write a lot of php and would like to be able to do it on my laptop while on the move - i am running win2k pro and use the laptop for some important work so can't risk any degradation or sluggishness - can i install php over IIS (the new personal web server) without any complications?

thanks, adam

[jerdo]

Most likely but you can also install Apache and everything will work nicely.

[weekender]

thanks! i got it installed by using the installshield exe, but now i want to add extensions such as gd or pdflib. can i compile these after installing php, or do i need to re-install?

also, the php directory only has php.exe in it - all the stuff i can find about modules references files such as make, etc that should be in my php dir.

[jerdo]

To enable extensions just edit the php.ini, there should be a list of extensions commented out just uncomment the ones you want. Then you will probably have to restart Windows. As for make you don't have that kind of stuff on Windows that a *nix thing. Also hopefully you used the zip file to get php on the system and not the install exe, if you used the exe you might have issues getting the extra extensions installed.