Hi, Okay I am not going to argue. The other way of hosting PHP is using the ISAPI DLL. Disadvantages are apart from the ones already mentioned: 1. ISAPI way of hosting PHP is deprecated in PHP5.3 and so you will not be able to leverage all the good features introduced in PHP 5.3. Details at http://www.confoo.ca/uploads/slides/php-5-3-awesome.zip. 2. ISAPI way of running PHP on IIS is not supported by Microsoft. We support only IIS FastCGI and using IIS FastCGI will give you Microsoft Support as well as dedicated team who are committed to make PHP running on IIS a great experience. 3. We have developed WINCACHE which is a PHP accelerator (a major boost to PHP performance) and that doesn't work on ISAPI. Details at http://pecl.php.net/package/WinCache. Thanks, Don. -----Original Message----- From: Todd Oberly [mailto:taoberly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 9:27 PM To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Windows binaries -----Original Message----- >From: Pierre Joye <pierre.php@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Apr 3, 2010 6:12 AM >To: Todd Oberly <taoberly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Cc: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: Windows binaries > >On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Todd Oberly <taoberly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Thanks for all the replies, gentlemen! >> Does anyone know why there isn't a VC9-compiled binary for PHP 5.2.13 ? The PHP application I'm using isn't currently compatible with PHP 5.3.x, so I need a 5.2 build, but it will also be running in IIS 6. What is my best option? Use the VC6 x86 Thread Safe build of 5.2.13, use the older VC9 x86 Thread Safe build of 5.2.12, or use something else? (BTW, what is the difference between the Windows binaries at www.php.net vs. the binaries from windows.php.net ? GCC builds vs. VS?) Do the security fixes in 5.2.13 always win out over stability? > >5.2.13 is stable. The compiler version used to build PHP is not >important when PHP is run via FastCGI (which is the case for IIS).It >also does not need threas safety, that means that you should download >the NTS versions (5.2.13 NTS). I've heard of FastCGI, but never used it before. If I want to get the application running ASAP without FastCGI (please don't argue), what would be the effect of using the thread-safe VC6 build of 5.2.13? Just a decrease in performance? >There are no difference between www.php.net and windows.php.net >binaries. PHP 5.3 and later will be available only via windows.php.net >(easier to add more versions, document, etc.). Yes, less confusing that way. ;) Thanks again, Todd -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
