Posted by pangea33 on 12/05/06 07:33

Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(pangea33)
>
> >I've never had a problem using the same php installation when switching
> >from IIS to Apache. The major difference is that Apache uses modules
> >with a *.so extension.
>
> That's for *nix based servers. On Windows it's still *.dll.
>
> Micha


Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(pangea33)
>
> >I've never had a problem using the same php installation when switching
> >from IIS to Apache. The major difference is that Apache uses modules
> >with a *.so extension.
>
> That's for *nix based servers. On Windows it's still *.dll.
>
> Micha

You're correct in that Apache runs PHP via a *.dll on Windows and *.so
on Unix.The typical dynamic extensions in php's ini file are also *.dll
vs *.so on Windows vs Unix. There are plenty of extensions that are
named *.so in Win Apache though.

I guess the point I was really trying to make is that it isn't
necessary to recompile php, mysql, etc. when switching from IIS to
Apache, as was alluded to in a previous post. You simply have to make
sure that the config files are setup properly.

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