Posted by tg-php on 09/16/05 18:32

I've used PHP on Windows systems quite a bit and have had very little problem. But then again, many times it's been for small projects that didn't have a chance to develop any nasty 'gotchas'.

First thing that comes to mind to investigate further, though, is Zend's WinEnabler product. Even if you don't purchase it, Zend obviously thought there was enough 'gotcha' potential in PHP to warrent creating a product to help fix it (just not for free):
http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-win-enabler.php

Another thing that may or may not be useful, but since it's Windows specific (and because I think Rubem has done a FANTASTIC job with it and it deserves promotion and support) is Winbinder (http://www.winbinder.com/). It allows you to use standard Windows API and GUI functions with PHP. So if you ever had to write a local app and didn't feel like using C++ or VB or whatever, and you (obviously) already have solid PHP knowledge, this can be a real godsend.

Best of luck at the new company, Jay!

-TG

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Howdy group!

As many of you may or may not know, I made the switch to another company
recently and it is a Windows shop (although I do have the IT Mgr. leaning
heavily towards exploring *nix products soon). I have successfully
configured a brand new W2K test server with IIS 5.0 and PHP 4.4.n (isapi
config) with very little difficulty save for a RAID array issue during the
W2K installation. This server matches the production box very well, save for
the PHP install. One of these days, when time permits, I will move the web
servers to Apache

My question is this, are there any gotchas I need to be aware of when using
PHP on windows? Any knowledge you could throw my direction on this would be
grandly appreciated.

Thanks!


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