Re: PHP/Linux v.s. PHP/Windows

"Frank M. Kromann" wrote: > >PHP can't compete on those terms. It's a great platform, > >and offers many programming advantages for many applications, > >but running on Windows isn't a good option for PHP. > > This it NOT true. PHP works fine on Windows with IIS (and Apache). We have been using PHP for > more than 3 years and we have more that 250 installations running our applications build on PHP3 > that is more than 100.000 users ! > > PHP3 and PHP4 are stable on Windows. The ISAPI module can be unstable when using non thread > safe modules. > > With PHP you can do thinks you cant do with ASP, Native database access to MS SQL server just > to mention one! > > - Frank Not trying to start a flame war here - you actually Frank were one of the few people who ever replied to me when I had problems with this months ago. PHP on Apache with Windows was something I could never get working. I scoured newsgroups and discussion boards - no clear configuration instructions were ever found. No clear troubleshooting instructions were ever found. I'm not a dummy - I've been programming longer than I care to remember, but I couldn't get it working properly. PHP on NT as CGI is just not ready for *any* type of work I need to do - moderately heavy loads, etc. Yes, it'll work, but when a client has spent $ on NT, I can't look them square in the eye and say - 'use this - it's 40% slower'. PHP on NT as ISAPI - flat out doesn't work for me. People on NT generally aren't going to use MySQL. I'm sure loads of people will tell me it works just fine, but my experiences have been people who have already shelled out for NT are using SQL server or Access (slow, but it works for them). I posted messages asking for PHP MSSQL drivers - there are some, but they don't ever work for me for more than about 5 seconds. 'Access violations'. People post this in the mailing lists, and there's never a satisfactory resolution beyond 'use CGI mode'. I realize NT isn't an easy platform to code for - all the more reason why I say PHP on NT isn't ready for prime time use. If you get it to work, that's great, but Frank, you're obviously a technical enough guy to be writing modules for this - I certainly can't, and I don't think most people using PHP (on any platform) have that kind of skill or time to devote to getting it up and running. Back this summer I had a couple other people writing to me (found me in the list archives) asking if I'd got PHP to run as ISAPI talking to MSSQL *stably*. They hadn't either, and were extremely frustrated. This sounds really negative, I know - I don't mean it to be. I sorely needed PHP to run on NT - I was willing to pay for support services myself, but there seems to be a distinct lack of support for PHP on Windows. -- ========================== Michael Kimsal http://www.tapinternet.com 734-480-9961