Hi there, The site attracts moderate traffic. I was wondering what is the best option to run the PHP site on a Windows Server ... WAMP, XAMPP or install PHP on IIS... Which is more stable and reliable.. I would be hosting 3 sites on the server.. Looking for some expert comments.
Server 2003 (IIS6) - install MSfgci (MS Fast CGI), install PHP 5 for FastCGI. Very Stable, very fast. Server 2008 R2 (IIS7.5) - Fast CGI is native. Install PHP. Runs even faster than in 2003. Very Stable. We've been running PHP on Windows Servers with IIS for years. Works brilliantly, no issues, uptime exceeds 99.98% every month over many servers, and been doing it for years. Wouldn't even consider using anything else but IIS on a Windows Server.
Thanks Ron for such a great reply. I will be trying this tomorrow morning first thing... I will share my progress here...
I have the same server config on 64 bit running IIS7 ... What is the best method you would recommend installing the PHP....?
the best option is to not use any of those packages and just install each one on its own, that way you actually learn about the configuration files. that way, when you run into a problem, you'll know what to do. it honestly only takes about 30 minutes to install Apache, php and MySQL, and configure it all.