windows.php.net
| From: | Arcane Wulf | Date: | Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:35:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | windows.php.net | ||
| Groups: | php.webmaster | ||
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The site windows.php.net is sort of unclear as to which version is for what situation. I wasted 50
MB's of bandwidth from getting the "wrong" version twice. the VC6 and VC9 naming
scheme makes VC9 seem like the newer "better" version, when they are actually intended for
different uses, and it isn't made clear for the normal user if they should get thread safe or
non thread safe versions.
After downloading and installing the VC9 non thread safe version which I found out was for IIS, and
the VC6 non thread safe version which is meant for use as CGI, I finally found a tutorial describing
the purpose of each binary. It would have saved me 40 minutes and 50 MB's bandwidth if I had
known the simple fact that VC6 Thread Safe is intended for use as a module, and VC6 Non Thread Safe
is intended to be used as CGI.
I don't know how man people make this mistake, but if 1 out of 5 people are like me, and
thousands of people download from your site, that's a good deal of bandwidth wasted for a
company who releases their software without charge.