Posted by Doan Noahlot on 09/23/07 22:40

Fair enough.
The only thing that really makes sense is to mirror the
server environment on your desktop. I like to use Netbeans
for Java. I have an old Zend for php. Can't say I like it much.
I'll have to suck it up and get eclipse/php going.
Last time I looked it was still in beta.

QUESTION:
Does it make any sense to use php on a windows server?
I mean it might be better than asp/.net (which I don't
know about). But why *would* a person code in php on
a windows machine, when they could do it on a linux box,
which is sooooo much more convenient, it seems to me.
(ssh, perl, python, version control, cron, etc).

I'm not trying to insult or start a war, I'm just
curious. Why run php on a windows server *rather* than
linux? I'm perfectly willing to believe there is a
good reason. I just can't imagine what it is.

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