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IIS Request Processing Server functionality is split into ~ 40 modules... Modules plug into a generic request pipeline… Modules extend server functionality through a public module API. Authorization ResolveCache UpdateCache … … … Monolithic implementation Install all or nothing … Extend server functionality only through ISAPI … Send Response Log Compress NTLM Basic Determine Handler CGI Static File ISAPI Authentication Anon SendResponse Authentication ExecuteHandler ASP.NET PHP

IIS 6.0 ASP.NET Processing Runtime limitations Only sees ASP.NET requests Feature duplication … … … … aspnet_isapi.dll Send Response Log Compress NTLM Basic Determine Handler CGI Static File ISAPI Authentication Anon Authentication Forms Windows Map Handler ASPX Trace …

IIS6 Application Framework support Common Gateway Interface (CGI) for CGI and PHP applications Benefits Very simple to implement and use – single-threaded execution Disadvantages Poor performance due to high process creation cost Creates and passes request data to a new CGI process Waits for CGI process to produce response Shuts down CGI process

Common Gateway Interface (CGI) for CGI and PHP applications

Benefits

Very simple to implement and use – single-threaded execution

Disadvantages

Poor performance due to high process creation cost

Creates and passes request data to a new CGI process

Waits for CGI process to produce response

Shuts down CGI process

IIS6 Application Framework support Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) Benefit of ISAPI Can be extremely fast when written correctly Disadvantage of ISAPI Must be thread-safe (many PHP extensions are not!) Requires development in C++

Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI)

Benefit of ISAPI

Can be extremely fast when written correctly

Disadvantage of ISAPI

Must be thread-safe (many PHP extensions are not!)

Requires development in C++

PHP Setup

Per-site PHP configuration Configuring FastCGI process pool < fastCgi > < application fullPath =&quot;C:PHPphp-cgi.exe&quot; arguments =&quot;-d my.website=website1&quot;> < environmentVariables > < environmentVariable name =&quot;PHPRC&quot; value =&quot;C:WebSiteswebsite1&quot; /> </ environmentVariables > </ application > </ fastCgi > Combination of fullPath and arguments uniquely identify FastCGI process pool definition PHPRC environment variable contains path to the php.ini file

IIS Extensions Mod_rewrite support for URL rewriting

Mod_rewrite support for URL rewriting

SQLServer 2008 Express version with Management Studio Free (as in beer) download MySQL .NET drivers (data import/export) Open source: Microsoft SQLServer Driver for PHP

Express version with Management Studio

Free (as in beer) download

MySQL .NET drivers (data import/export)

Open source: Microsoft SQLServer Driver for PHP

Resources http://learn.iis.net http://port25.technet.com http://codeplex.com/ http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/07/25/osp.aspx

http://learn.iis.net

http://port25.technet.com

http://codeplex.com/

http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/07/25/osp.aspx