RE: [PHP-WIN] PHP on Win NT , IIS

OH MY GOODNESS! There's actually someone else doing what I'm doing?!?!?!? One of the problems I've encounter with PHP and Oracle on IIS on Win is the following: As CGI, PHP must establish a connection to PHP on every call (full login) which slows the process CONSIDERABLY!!!! OCIPLogon is useless in CGI mode. Hence it is VERY slow. As an ISAPI module (for IIS), persistent connection area VERY fast. Unfortunately (I haven't tried the latest release yet, so this might not be AS true as it has been), the ISAPI module is unstable at best and a train wreck at worst. When I run the OCIPLogon calls in ISAPI mode (4.0.5) it breaks randomly (usually after an unknown quantity of idle time). I talked with Thies about this in San Diego while at OSCON, he had fixed the problem I was encountering, but I haven't had the time to put the latest build up. I would suggest getting the binaries from www.php4win.com ... but I should note that I have NOT even tried the builds or installer from www.php.net they may have caught up now... If you have the flexibility, I would suggest you use Apache with Oracle... I think the Apache module is much more stable than the ISAPI module. I'm stuck with a third-party app that REQUIRES IIS and .ASP... and I'm too busy to add another webserver instance on the machine... John --------------------- John Asendorf - jasendorf@lcounty.com Web Applications Developer http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! Licking County, Ohio, USA 740-349-3631 Aliquando et insanire iucundum est > -----Original Message----- > From: Sridhar Moparthy [mailto:sridhar.moparthy@wcom.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:09 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] PHP on Win NT , IIS > > > Hi Friends, > > I am kind of new to PHP. > I am planning to install PHP4 on Windows NT with IIS as web > server and > Oracle as database. Could you please help me to understand some of the > following. > > What web server is better on NT with PHP? > What PHP installation mode performs better i.e. CGI, SAPI > Module , build or > not build etc ? > What 'S' in SAPI? > Any suggestions on PHP configuration for Oracle, IIS, and LDAP? > > Also I am planning to use PHP scripts to run some jobs from > scheduler. Is it > a bad idea? If not what need to be considered while installing PHP. > > Any information or pointers for my above questions is a very big help. > > > Thank you in advance. > Sridhar Moparthy > > >