From ef4df43cc609635f84f0964c4c8aacc1d6fa95cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elizabeth M Smith Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:15:05 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] 1. msi is no longer available for PHP 5.4 2. use fastcgi on windows! 3. links to windows downloads are at windows.php.net 4. wamp is not fastcgi - or IIS - nor is it good to recommend to new users --- _posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md b/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md index 231d899..deee741 100644 --- a/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md +++ b/_posts/01-05-01-Windows-Setup.md @@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ isChild: true ## Windows Setup -You can install PHP on windows from an install executable found on the official [PHP Downloads][php-downloads] page. For a complete Apache, MySQL, and PHP installation check out [WAMP][wamp-installer]. +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. -* [Read more about the official PHP Windows Installer][windows-installer] +For learning and local development, use the built in webserver with PHP 5.4 +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. -[php-downloads]: http://www.php.net/downloads.php -[windows-installer]: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.installer.msi.php -[wamp-installer]: http://www.wampserver.com/ +If you need more then just PHP, the Web Platform Installer from Microsoft will help get you set up quickly. + +For support and additional resources there is a dedicated area on iis.net for PHP. + +[php-downloads]: http://windows.php.net +[phpmanager]: http://phpmanager.codeplex.com/ +[Web Platform Installer]: http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx +[PHP on IIS7]: http://php.iis.net/ \ No newline at end of file