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Re: [PHP3] PHP on FreeBSD? From: Alfred Perlstein (bright <email protected>)
Date: 05/11/00

> > "dowee.com Webmaster" wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible to run PHP on FreeBSD (V4)? If yes, what do I have to do?
> > At the moment I am running PHP on Windows98 but for the future I want a web
> > server with an OS on which Apache can run a PHP module and on which
> > preresistant connections to my mySQL database will work. Is there any other OS
> > I should prefere?

* Kim Shrier <kim <email protected>> [000511 09:50] wrote:
> PHP runs fine on FreeBSD. I have been running it on FreeBSD for over
> 3 years. If you are planning on doing this on a production system, I
> would recommend using FreeBSD 3.4 since the 4.0 release is only a few
> months old. However, if this is for your personal use, use 4.0. I
> don't know of any problems in 4.0 that would prohibit its use as a
> production server but I tend to not use a .0 release in production.

We're finding that 4.0 is a lot more robust than 3.4, as a developer
I'd have to recommmend 4-stable over 3-stable any day.

If you can I'd try to deploy a 4.0 box, you'll be pleasantly suprised. 

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright <email protected>|alfred <email protected>]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."

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