PHP 5.3 & Windows
Scott MacVicar
April 2009
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Compared to 5.2
10 year old libraries
11 year old compiler
ISAPI crashes constantly
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FastCGI
CGI involves executing a process for
each request
FastCGI keeps a process running, like
a mini server
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FastCGI + IIS
IIS 6 and 7 support FastCGI
Replaces ISAPI filter with PHP
Resolves memory leaks / thread safety
issues
Ships with Server 2008
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How FastCGI Works
PHP
IIS
FastCGI
PHP PHP PHP PHP
Process Process Process Process
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Per Directory
Settings
Ability to change settings per
directory
Ability to change settings per
hostname
Similar to .htaccess
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INI File example
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Network Functions
dns_check_record(), dns_get_mx(),
checkdnsrr(), getmxrr()
inet_pton(), inet_ntop()
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Disk Functions
Added Updated
fnmatch() stat(),
touch(),
Added filemtime(),
symlink(), filesize()
readlink(),
linkinfo(), Make rename()
link() atomic
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Miscellaneous
time_nanosleep() escapeshellcmd()
eats certain
time_sleep_until() characters
getopt() crypt() not thread
safe
exec() doesn’t
deal with spaces
properly.
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VC9 Libraries
Compiled against latest runtime
Faster and provides added
functionality
VC6 builds still provided
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64-bit builds
64-bit numbers
Maths operations faster
Can work with files > 4GB
XP isn’t supported
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3rd Party Library
Updates
tidy
ldap
cclient
ICU
cURL
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Faster MySQL
mysqlnd enabled by default
removes external dependency
fixes horrible crash bugs
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SQL Server 2005
Driver
Wraps around ODBC
Fixes streams with LOBs
Windows only :(
Better ODBC library would be nice
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Useful URLs
http://php.iis.net/
http://windows.php.net/qa/
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