“PHP on Windows“ installation and management

Juozas Kaziukėnaswww.juokaz.com / juozas@juokaz.com /

@juokaz

MeJuozas KaziukėnasLive in Edinburgh, UKStudent in University of EdinburghSoftware developer, consultant and

evangelistSpeaker in PHP conferences all over the

worldOpen source developer (Zend Framework,

Doctrine etc.)Somewhat related to Microsoft...More info www.juokaz.com and @juokaz

YouPHP developers?Using Linux for production servers?Using Windows for workstations?

PHP on WindowsInstallation and management

Why?

Why?PHP is the most popular language , 75% of all

websiteshttp://bit.ly/bmCvms

Enterprise/business environments Windows are very popular there

Integration with Windows applications and toolsSQL Server etc.

Microsoft’s wish

No-one wants to migrate to Windows

No-one wants to migrate to WindowsAnd no-one asks for itChanging working systems is stupid and

prone to errors and downtimeImportant:

Using in existing Windows systemsMaybe for new projects

It’s good to know that “it works”

History

History2006

• PHP and Windows =

2007

• FastCGI

2008

• PHP 5.3 and windows.php.net

2009

• PHP 5.3 release• WinCache 1.0

2010

• FastCGI 1.5• WinCache 1.1

PHP and Microsoft

PHP and Microsoft

TodayCommunity’s and Microsoft’s initiativesUsed in productionA lot of tools for developersWork on interoperability is done on daily

basis

Installation

WebDeployDeploy toolAllows migrating IIS 6 -> IIS 7Configuration, source code, DB’s, DLL’s etc.DependenciesServers synchronizationNo admin permissions are required

Web Platform InstallerUsing WebDeployWeb server setup with one click

IIS, PHP, Microsoft SQL Server, .Net etc.Web App Gallery

Drupal, Wordpress etc.

Web Platform Installer

Web App Gallery

IIS tools

PHP Manager for IISStraightforward way to manage multiple PHP

versionsConfiguration editing in UI (no need to touch

php.ini)No restart of IIS is needed because of FastCGI

7.5Also managing extensions and errors’ level

Websites can have different PHP versions configured

PHP Manager for IIS

URL RewriteSimilar to Apache mod_rewrite

Probably has more featuresNot always easier to use

UI tool.htaccess import!

URL Rewrite

Much moreWinCacheLoggingWarm upDatabase managerSEO toolkitEtc.

Windows support

SQL server driver (SQLSRV)Finally possible to use SQL Server databases

flawlesslyAll previous drivers’ problems are fixedSqlsrv 2.0 contains PDO adapter alsoIt works, used in practice:

Zend Framework was first to introduce Sqlsrv support

Doctrine 2.0 will be a major Sqlsrv providerCurrently only works on Windows

SQL server driver (SQLSRV)

Windows AzureSupports PHP applications

Google AppEngine doesn’t support PHPPHP runtime contained within applicationReady to use libraries for consuming Azure

serviceshttp://phpazure.codeplex.com/

WebDeploy is used for deploying applications

Windows Azure

PHP projectsMore and projects are officially supporting

WindowsMost of the big ones: Drupal, phpBB, Wodpres

etc.Microsoft are helping themUsually it only requires small changesSQL Server support is growing also

Finishing touches

Questions?

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