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.