I just got this email in my mailbox and I figured it could be useful to other people, so I decided to answer it here. Here it goes:
Hello Stephane
Thanks for the offer.
What I am trying to do is this:
I got a new win 2008 server, and am trying to install different services on it. I [...]
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 will help [...]
February 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments
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 and reliable [...]
February 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 customize the installation [...]
February 12th, 2008 · 9 Comments
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 installer. The [...]
February 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 install PHP5 [...]
Sometimes you need to redirect visitors to a different URL than the one they came to. This could be for various reasons: a moved file, protecting your links, setting up friendly URLs, etc.
There are many ways to achieve that, some at the server level and some at the browser level. Let’s see a few ways [...]
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