Re: CGI V's ISAPI

Peter Jones wrote: > Hi, I'm new to the list so this question has probable been asked before, so > pls forgive me. anyway here goes > > I'm very new to php, my only server side scripting before has been with ASP, > in the next week or so I will be developing some sites based around apachi > and php running on some flavour or Linux. my problem is that at home I only > have a win 2000 box with iis 5 (don't ask why I don't just install Linux, I > have tried but my machine's disc config is all wrong for lilo). So I want to > learn php as close to the linux/apachi (php as module) as possible but with > win2k/iis5. Do I want to run php as an ISAPI filter or a cgi exe? is there > any major differences, performance aside between the 2 set-ups. Also are > there any other major differences between the win32 version of php and the > Linux version. Peter, If you want to get as close to Linux/Apache/PHP4 as possible on a Win2K machine... I recommend downloading/installing Apache 1.3.12 for Win32. You could install this on an unused port and still leave your IIS 5 running. Then, you could have IIS and Apache running from the same installation of PHP4. You could install php4.0.2dev from www.php4win.de which comes with php win32 apache module - php4apache.dll (as well as the php4isapi.dll) and then run BOTH php4/IIS/isapi and php4/Apache3.1.12/apache module. Make for some fun installations :) If you're going to host on Apache, develop in Apache, that's what I say :) -- Andy Hoffman Web Developer Bristol-Myers Squibb email: andy.hoffman@bms.com