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Rewording the windows section

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Attempt to make it clear that all in one helpers are only for dev
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## Windows Setup ## Windows Setup
Installing PHP on windows means downloading the zip file, unzipping and dropping the resulting directory into place - c:\program files\php or c:\php are popular locations. Windows binary PHP downloads are available at http://windows.php.net. For PHP 5.3 there is an installer which puts PHP in place and helps configure your chosen server. This is no longer available for PHP 5.4 so you need to unzip and drop PHP into place. For learning and local development, use the built in webserver with PHP 5.4, you don't need to worry about configuring it with a server.
For learning and local development, use the built in webserver with PHP 5.4 There are "all-in-one" tools such as the Web Platform Installer, WAMP and others that will help get a windows development environment up and running fast, but do not use these for production.
If you need a webserver IIS7 will give you the most stable and best performance on Windows. You can use phpmanager (a gui plugin for IIS7) to make configuring and managing PHP simple. IIS7 comes with fastcgi built in and ready to go, you just need to configure PHP as a handler.
If you need to run your production system on windows IIS7 will give you the most stable and best performance. You can use phpmanager (a gui plugin for IIS7) to make configuring and managing PHP simple. IIS7 comes with fastcgi built in and ready to go, you just need to configure PHP as a handler. For support and additional resources there is a dedicated area on iis.net for PHP.
If you need more then just PHP, the Web Platform Installer from Microsoft will help get you set up quickly.
Generally running your application on different environment in development and production can lead to strange bugs popping up when you go live. To avoid this, if you have a non-windows based server for production, you should consider using a Virtual Machine to develop on Windows.
For support and additional resources there is a dedicated area on iis.net for PHP.
[php-downloads]: http://windows.php.net
[php-downloads]: http://windows.php.net [phpmanager]: http://phpmanager.codeplex.com/
[phpmanager]: http://phpmanager.codeplex.com/ [Web Platform Installer]: http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx
[Web Platform Installer]: http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx
[PHP on IIS7]: http://php.iis.net/ [PHP on IIS7]: http://php.iis.net/