Dive into php on Windows Azure

Dive into PHP on Windows Azure
Maarten Balliauwhttp://about.me/maartenballiauwhttp://blog.maartenballiauw.be@maartenballiauw

Who am I?
Maarten Balliauw
Antwerp, Belgium
www.realdolmen.com
Focus on web
ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, PHP, Azure, …
MVP Windows Azure (formerly ASP.NET)
Fun: interop!
PHPExcel, PHPLinq, PHPMEF,Windows Azure SDK for PHP, ...
http://blog.maartenballiauw.be
@maartenballiauw

Agenda
A brief history...
PHP on Windows
PHP on Windows Azure
Hello, PHP on Windows Azure
Popular apps on Windows Azure
Wordpress
Drupal
What about my apps?
Conclusion
Q&A

A brief history...

PHP on Windows
Has always been a great joke!
Until Microsoft saw this*:
*pure speculation that this is the actual reason for jumping on PHP on Windows

So they started working on a stack
Linux PHP stack
Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP
(Memcached / APC)
Windows PHP stack
Windows
IIS 7+
SQL Server
PHP
(Memcached / WinCache)

The past 2-3 years...
IIS added FastCGI support (& URL rewriting)
Creation of SQL Server DB extension (PDO!)
PHP core optimizations
WinCache extension for PHP
Web Platform Installer
A lot more...
No longer a joke!
Pretty easy to use once you know the stack

PHP on Windows Azure
Windows Azure has always advertised it’s open to any language
True: it’s just Windows, SQL & REST
But no real “PHP-ish” support for Windows Azure specifics

Until... March 14, 2009

The result?
Windows Azure SDK for PHPhttp://phpazure.codeplex.com
Support for:
Working with all types of storage (blobs, tables, queues)
PHP specifics such as session handling
Support for the management API
Create a new host from PHP code
Manage storage accounts from PHP
Create a SQL Azure DB server
...
Command-line tooling
To use the mgmt capabilities
To package and deploy

So here’s your next stack
Windows PHP stack
Windows
IIS 7+
SQL Server
PHP
Windows Azure PHP stack
Windows (Azure)
IIS 7+
SQL Azure
PHP
Plus easy access to all Windows Azure related options

Hello,PHP on Windows Azure

Most basic usage
Get http://phpazure.codeplex.com or PEAR it
Get your commands ready
Scaffolder Run –out=“c:temphelloworld”
Package Create –in=“c:temphelloworld”

demo
Hello, Windows Azure

Popular apps on Windows Azure

Scaffolding
Generate a baseline PHP on Windows Azure structure
Can be extended and plugged
Wordpresshttp://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/how-to-deploy-wordpress-using-the-windows-azure-sdk-for-php-wordpress-scaffold
Drupalhttp://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/how-to-deploy-drupal-to-windows-azure-using-the-drupal-scaffold

demo
WordPress on Windows Azure

What about my apps?

Windows Azure
!= all-or-nothing

How do you develop your apps today?
Typically on a local development machine
Remember this one?

Meet shortenr...
URL shortening service
3 use cases
Shorten URL
Navigate to URL
Track # clicks

demo
Building shortenr

demo
Deploying shortenr

Was that a nice experience?
15min+ to deploy
Creates a fresh VM
Installs fresh components on it
Deploys your app on it
Guarantees a clean state & easy recovery
Does not really feel like what I’m used to...*
Phpstorm.com
Orchestra.io
* I prefer short deploys whilst devving, 15min for prod isn’t that bad

Any alternatives?
Sure!
http://waawebroles.codeplex.com/
http://smarxrole.codeplex.com
Or a real PaaS solution for PHP built on Windows Azure
by http://webspecies.co.uk

PHP-as-a-Service?
PHP
Windows Azure SDK for PHP
Windows Azure Management API
SQL Azure Management API

demo
Deploying shortenr using WebSpecies Azure+

Conclusion

Conclusion
Windows Azure = rich set of platform components
Use at will! It’s an extra option
A lot of tools are out there
...but a lot is also to be done

Resources
Starting pointhttp://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com
Windows Azure SDK for PHPhttp://phpazure.codeplex.com
Windows Azure Learning Planhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/silverlining/archive/2011/09/29/a-php-on-windows-azure-learning-plan.aspx

Q&A
Maarten Balliauwhttp://about.me/maartenballiauwhttp://blog.maartenballiauw.be@maartenballiauw
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