Re: Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Gates, Jeff <GatesJ@si.edu> wrote: > From: Matijn Woudt > <tijnema@gmail.com<mailto:tijnema@gmail.com>> > Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:59 PM > To: > "ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk<mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>" > <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk<mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>> > Cc: Jeff Gates > <gatesj@si.edu<mailto:gatesj@si.edu>>, > "php-general@lists.php.net<mailto:php-general@lists.php.net_¸Ù·BªàÓÑ > ‡ý0É>" > <php-general@lists.php.net<mailto:php-general@lists.php.net>> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Ashley Sheridan > <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk<mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>> > wrote: > On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 20:54 +0200, Matijn Woudt wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Gates, Jeff > <GatesJ@si.edu<mailto:GatesJ@si.edu>> wrote: >> Can anyone tell me what differences I might encounter by working with PHP on a Unix server >> verses working with PHP on a Windows server. We use Windows production servers here but many of us >> would like to get more LAMP environments. >> >> So, I'm wondering if I can use the hive mind here to get a sense of the pros and cons >> of each platform. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jeff > > Apart from all other suggestions, one of the most common errors are > because of different php.ini settings. If you can keep those settings > (mostly) equal, there will not be that many errors. > > - Matijn > > > > I would say that's not limited to the distinction between Windows and Linux but any > server. I've seen what appears to be an identical setup (same version of PHP, MySQL, etc) fail > only because of a small setting in the php.ini file, just because the default was slightly different > on the second system; both were running Linux. > > > Yes, ofcourse, that comment was meant for any two systems. > > - Matijn > > Well, let me also add a related question: what types of problems might I encounter if I was > trying to set up a Drupal or Wordpress instance on a Windows server running PHP as opposed to a Unix > server? > > Jeff You might need to change a few basic configuration options (paths, database, etc) inside Drupal/Wordpress/.., but otherwise those are perfectly compatible on Windows & Linux. - Matijn