PHP on Windows - What's New

PHP on Windows What’s New
By Josh Holmes

Agenda
Background
What’s New
Microsoft and Open Source Technologies

History - (prior to 2006)
PHP on Windows was:
Slow
Unreliable
Not Compatible
IIS support for PHP was a joke:
CGI implementation was SLOW
ISAPI implementation was unreliable
Thread-safe dependency never would have worked anyway
No URL rewriting support

History - (2006-2008)
FastCGI support for IIS 7.0, 6.0, 5.11:
Finally a fast and reliable way to run PHP on Windows
SQL Driver for PHP
Reliable, scalable integration with Microsoft SQL Server
Development continues
URL Rewrite in IIS 7.0
Fully features and performant URL rewriting engine
Pigs fly !

Present (2009 --> )
Microsoft Employees Submit to PHP Core
Microsoft Employees Submit to Open Source PHP Application
Wordpress
PHP included in the “Microsoft Web Platform”
PHP applications included in the Windows Web Application Gallery
WinCache extension for PHP ships
More Pigs Fly

PHP Installer
Configures IIS FastCGI on all Windows Versions
Sets the recommended PP configuration directives
Adds index.php as a default document in IIS configuration
On Windows - IIS FastCGI becomes the default

PHP is part of the Microsoft Web Platform

Installing PHP with the Microsoft Web PI DEMO

PHP in the Microsoft Web Platform Installer
Drives the standard PHP Installer
Downloads the installer from http://windows.php.net
Always the latest 5.2.x release
PHP 5.3 will be offered soon
But not yet ?
Technical Details

PHP Applications in the Web PI

Installing PHP Apps with the Web PI DEMO

PHP Apps in the Microsoft Web PI
Applications are hosted on their own web sites.
The package includes a manifest file that tells the Web PI what to do:
Copy Files
Set file access permissions
Create a database user
Create a database schema
Launch the application’s install page.
Technical Details

WinCache Extension for PHP

WinCache for PHP DEMO

WinCache for PHP
Caches PHP opcode and file content in shared memory
API’s for refreshing the cache and for cache stats
Supports PHP 5.2.X and PHP 5.3.
Technical Details

Microsoft and Open Source Community
Legal barrios being removed.
Working with the PHP Community
Windows Specific Testing and Bug Fixes
PHP Installer Fixes
Testing PHP Release Packages
Working with PHP App Communities
PHP Apps in the Microsoft Web App Gallery (Add Yours !)
IIS Specific Fixes Submitted to WordPress
IIS Specific fixes submitted to SilverStripe
New Open Source Foundation
Hell Freezing Over ? 

PHP on Windows Progress
The Windows version of PHP now exposes a set of constants prefixed PHP_WINDOWS_* . A list of these constants and their usage can be found at http://docs.php.net/manual/en/info.constants.php
Warning Support for the ISAPI module has been dropped. Use the improved FastCGI SAPI module instead.
Note: A new dedicated site for PHP on Windows is now available, including downloads, release candidates, and snapshots in various flavors (thread-safe/not-thread-safe, VC6/VC9, x86/x64). http://windows.php.net/ .
User Contributed Notes
“ Well worth the effort to set up fast cgi on windows. No more lockups with php or 40 procs running...and 1 killing IIS. Some PHP INI vars can't be overriden in your php files, so read up (like timeout). 8 months and no more locked up iis.“
“ Fast CGI is available for IIS6. Reading the IIS website (which is more appropriate since it is server specific) yields plenty of results regarding PHP setup under the fastCGI module. They even have an entire domain associated with PHP.”

Resources
How WinCache makes PHP run faster
http://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2009/09/19/how-wincache-make-php-run-faster.aspx
Using WinCache Extensions for PHP
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/678/using-windows-cache-extension-for-php/
Changes Made to PHP 5.3 to Support Windows
http://docs.php.net/manual/en/migration53.windows.php
Migrating from PHP 5.2.x to PHP 5.3.x
http://docs.php.net/manual/en/migration53.php

Summary
Getting up and running with PHP and PHP Applications on Windows is easy.
PHP Apps on Windows are fully functional and are easy to install
WinCache offers a significant performance gain:
Customers report up to 3X throughput improvement
Info at : http://php.iis.net and http://www.microsoft.com/web/php

Thanks [email_address] www.joshholmes.com @joshholmes [email_address] www.MisfitGeek.com

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