[Tfug] linux to windows web host

[keith smith]

Now I fully understand.  It has been my experience these types of situations do arise.  

For any further development I would suggest looking into Dot Net and Java because of the Windows servers.  Java might be the best idea since it is write once - run anywhere (for the most part).  While Java has a steep learning curve it is a good skill to have especially with your sys admin skills.

I avoid windows or IIS especially to run PHP because of the safe mode issue.  As I was looking into this I found that "Safe Mode is deprecated in PHP 5.3.0 and is removed in PHP 6.0.0.".  

I'm not sure what the limitations would be for running Apache on Windows.

Nathan, this looks like a good learning experience and one that would benefit the community.

You might post this to the AzPhp list http://www.azphp.org/ to see if anyone there has any real world experience with what you are doing and what kind of feedback you might get.


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Keith Smith


--- On Wed, 12/30/09, Nathan England <nathan at paysonlinux.org> wrote:

> From: Nathan England <nathan at paysonlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] linux to windows web host
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 8:43 AM
> On Tuesday 29 December 2009 19:00:26
> Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Nathan England wrote:
> > > I have a large (150k+ lines) web application I've
> developed for
> > > internal use in a non-profit. It currently run it
> on a linux
> > > distro developed and maintained by myself
> specifically for my
> > > web applications and several other things. My
> > 
> > Keith Smith wrote:
> > > Why PHP?? If they like windows why not dot net
> or
> > 
> > Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > He has >100K LOC that runs on Linux. I hope
> you are not
> > > suggesting that the most efficient means of
> running it under
> > > Windows is to port it.
> > 
> > Keith Smith wrote:
> > > As I understand this is a new project.  So
> why not have started
> > > with something more native to Windows.
> > 
> > I could be mis-interpreting it, but from the OP,
> quoted above, I
> > believe it is an existing application that the
> employer wants to
> > use but wants it to run on windows.
> > 
> 
> Keith has a little background information as a personal
> friend here that I did 
> not express in the original email. This is not an new
> application as it is 
> something I have been working on for a while. Some of it is
> quite new as I 
> started this job only a couple months ago and have
> developed quite a bit a 
> code for the internal website. I am the only Linux guy in
> the building, and no 
> doubt as a new employee that makes them a little nervous. 
> 
> They wanted me to work on a system I have been developing
> for a while and 
> modify it for their use. I setup a regular workstation as a
> linux box and made 
> it work. Now that the system is in use, though far from
> complete, my boss 
> wants it on a "real" server, ie; a windows server not a
> regular desktop.
> 
> Rather than put up too much fuss about it, I figured I
> would give it a shot 
> and see if it is doable. After 2 hours of fighting last
> night, I was not able 
> to get php working with apache on windows server 2003. So
> we'll see how today 
> goes.
> 
> The machine should be robust enough to handle virtualbox or
> vmware, so that 
> may be the end solution. I really think his thought is if I
> don't show up for 
> work one day and the hardware goes down, how long will it
> take to get back and 
> running. While it is a test system now, the intention in
> the next few months 
> is have it ready for production use for all employees.
> 
> I don't see it as a real big issue, so I thought I would
> get some opinions and 
> ideas. Thanks for all the ideas and opinions so far...
> 
> nathan
> 
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