PHP on Windows

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PHP on Windows
The Undiscovered Country

• Garrett SerackOpen Source Software
  LabMicrosoft Corporation

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OptimisT
Sometimes, its ok to think youre incredible.
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Howdy.

• I am

Probably not Mr Incredible.
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Ill try not to hold that against you.

• I am

a Microsoft employee. (really!)
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A bad day codin is better than a good day
fishin

• I am

a Software Developer.
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Is there a patch for that?

• I am

a Recovering Program Manager.
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Does the rest of the company know that?

• I am

focused entirely on Open Source.
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BraverY
Wounds Heal. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts
forever.
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Open Source at Microsoft... Really?

• The OSSL

is a catalyst for change inside Microsoft.
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Like what?

• The OSSL

does stuff at Microsoft
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The undiscovered countrY
You havent experienced Shakespeare until youve
read him in the original Klingon.
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PHP on Windows, eh?

• PHP on Windows

has actually been around for a decade.
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Duh!

• PHP on Windows

Runs on Apache. and IIS.
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Is that why it acts out and gets into trouble?

• PHP on Windows

needs attention.
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Yeah, we know. Joe told us that.

• PHP on Windows

has support for many Windows features.
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Elizabeth likes to write desktop apps with it
too.

• PHP on Windows

has most often been used as a development
environment.
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• Why?

...
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DeniaL
Its not just a river in Egypt.
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bout time

• Microsoft

acknowledges the importance of PHP.
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The first hits free, kid

• Microsoft

looked into how PHP could be better on
Windows.
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What stuff?

• Microsoft

began delivering stuff to address issues.
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If he says love, Im outta here.

• Microsoft

worked in response to the worlds largest
agent for change.
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CommunitY
Youd be surprised what you can accomplish when
you work with people who have common goals and
ideals.
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? Everybody get together.. ?

• The community

welcomed our efforts very
enthusiastically
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try to love one another.. ?

• The community

provided valuable feedback and
shaped development.
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? right now. ?

• The community

brought vast experience and guidance.
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DEja VU
Sometimes, when they change something, it causes
a glitch in the Matrix.
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CGIits a four letter word.

• FastCGI for IIS

was a sign of the times.
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That could prove to be valuable.

• FastCGI for IIS

brings stability to PHP on Windows
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Nice.

• FastCGI for IIS

brings scalability to PHP on Windows
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hmm this changes things.

• FastCGI for IIS

Improves performance for PHP on
Windows
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EXpectatiONS
I imagine it could have been worse. This could
have been a LOLCAT
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I hope so.

• FastCGI

is actually pretty easy to get running on IIS.
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What, better than ISAPI?

• FastCGI

is really recommended for running PHP on
Windows.
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It slices, it dices, and it makes mounds of
Julianne French Fries

• FastCGI

Ships with Windows Server 2008.
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This is a good thing, right?

• FastCGI

Downloadable for Windows XP, Server 2003
and Vista.
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TweakinG
Even if you have the fastest ship in the galaxy,
you cant go to light speed with the hyperdrive
disabled.
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Would it help if I got out and pushed?

• SQL Server

is partially supported by the community
already.
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it might!

• SQL Server

support is necessary to provide customers
with choice.
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zzZzz zZzzz zz zzzz

• SQL Server

support is necessary to provide
customers interoperability.
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How?

• The SQL Server

team stepped up to address the gap.
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The driveR
More important than the car, is whos behind the
wheel.
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A new driver, or did you fix the old one?

• The driver

is a native code extension for PHP.
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Heh-heh this is good.

• The driver

was built by the SQL Server team, with
strong community collaboration.
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Ill check it out.

• The driver

source code has been posted to CodePlex with
an OSI approved license.
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INDeterminacY
Its like a mule with a spinning wheel. Nobody
knows how he got it, and be damned if he knows
how to use it.
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Yeah, right. Show me an app that uses it

• an internal project

to update existing PHP aplications to
support the driver.
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And the hammer comes down in..

• an internal project

to contribute patches back to the Open Source
Projects.
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3..2..1..

• an internal project

to update existing PHP applications to
support the driver.
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Mission impossiblE
Waitwhat?
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Whoa.

• a whole new

process for contributing patches to the
community.
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And its LGPL/BSD Licensed?

• ADODB

changes have already been contributed back to
the community.
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What projects!?!

• More projects

Are on their way.
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WiTTY SlidE
With an insightful comment.
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Next, youll tell me youre participating in PHP
development

• Participation

in active development with the
community developing PHP
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nice

• Participation

On IRC php-dev-win on Freenode
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Hey, can you tell me how to

• Participation

by digging out the answers to those
nagging Windows questions
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ResultS
You can work for years, but the greatest moment
is still when you finally see the fruits of your
labor.
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In what way?

• PHP 5.3

is the most significant update to PHP on
Windows.
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Were they not already?

• PHP 5.3

has every dependent library updated to the
latest version.
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Is it faster?

• PHP 5.3

is compiled with Visual C 9 (Visual
Studio 2008)
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How well does it work?

• PHP 5.3

shipped an alpha build a couple weeks ago
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Thats new.

• PHP 5.3

is available in x86 and x64 versions.
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THunderdomE
I have to admit, Im not sure what to say.
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Ok, lets dance.

• Get It.

Run It.
Say Something.
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Get What?

• Download

PHP 5.3 alpha at http//snaps.php.net
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What else?

• Download

FastCGI at http//iis.net/php
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Is that it?

• Download

SQL Server Driver http//codeplex.com/sql2k5php
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Run It?

• Why?

Does anyone run your code?
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Oh, heck Why not?

• Why?

Your customers may need it.
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What if it cries?

• Beat it up.

How does your code run?
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and when I find a problem?

• Say something

You can yell on irc php-dev-win on
Freenode.
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Something

• Say something

You can file bugs at http//bugs.php.net
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I am so going to drop your email onto a spam
list.

• Say something

Heck, send me an email.
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ALL IN
When the right hand comes along, you just might
want to play
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Is it even possible to compile it?

• Grab the code.

I can help you get started.
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But, I dont have the tools

• The Latest SDK

Has the tools to build PHP.
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I better not get Rickrolled

• The Latest SDK

Can be found at http//tinyurl.com/6z57rv
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Its broken?

• Bootstrap script

uh, I broke it. http//fearthecowboy.com
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QUestionS
Feel Free to ask questions.
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Did you ask him about the time..?

• Tell Me.

Is there something blocking you?
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I was there. It was very funny.

• Tell Me.

What else do you need?
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Hang on! You got those links?
My Blog http//fearthecowboy.comPhp 5.3
Builds http//snaps.php.net IRC
channel irc//irc.freenode.net/php-dev-win Fast
CGI http//iis.net/php Native SQL Driver for
PHP http//codeplex.com/sql2k5php Windows
SDK http//tinyurl.com/6z57rv