It seems some people were a bit confused when it came to installing PHP5 on Windows Server 2008 using FastCGI. So to make things clearer, I’ve made a little video to show you how I’ve done it. Take note that this WILL NOT WORK on other versions of Windows than this one. I hope this [...]

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Following my previous series of posts on how to install IIS7, PHP and MySQL on Windows Server 2008, Bill Staples from IIS.Net left a comment on my blog suggesting that I checkout FastCGI. According to IIS.net… …the FastCGI component enables popular application frameworks like PHP be hosted on the IIS web server in a high-performance [...]

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Now that we have installed PHP 5 on IIS 7 successfully, we’re going to install MySQL Server 5.1. First of all, get yourself a copy of the MySQL Server 5.1 ZIP Setup from http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/mysql-5.1.22-rc-win32.zip/from/pick#mirrors Extract all the files from the archive and launch Setup.exe I’ve chosen to use the Typical Setup but feel free to [...]

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Following up on my last post, I’ve now got a working IIS 7 web server running on Windows 2008. We’re now going to install PHP5 and MySQL 5.1. Installing PHP5 on IIS 7 First of all, grab yourself a copy of PHP over at http://www.php.net/downloads.php. I always use the zip package, I never use the [...]

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I’ve just got myself an evaluation copy of Windows 2008 Server out of curiosity. I’ve installed it on VMware Workstation 6 running on a Windows Vista computer. While a virtualized Windows 2008 Server is a sucker on resource, it’s performance is still acceptable for those who just want to try it out like me. Let’s see how to [...]

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