PHP on Windows - Re: [PHP-WIN] Last supported version for windows 95

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Re: [PHP-WIN] Last supported version for windows 95

Aaron Kenney

2006-05-21, 7:01 pm

Everyone,

We all need to remember also that once a person is used to Windows,
Linux is a learning curve (albeit a small one) that doesn't need to be
acheived if one has access to Windows. No one wants to spend time
where it is not required to get the job done.

I've set up PHP on apache on Fedora 4 and 5. Done using yum, this can
actually be an easier setup than on Windows. But I have found the
MANUAL installation on Fedora to be more difficult than that of the
MANUAL installation on Windows/IIS simply because I am less familiar
with Fedora. There are some situations where I have been forced to use
a manual installation of PHP, so this is always a concern for me.

I say if you just want to get PHP up-and-running quick and dirty,
stick with what you know so that no time is wasted.
-Aaron Kenney

On 5/21/06, Alf Stockton <alf@stockton.co.za> wrote:
> Aaron Kenney wrote:
> You do of course know that php works fine on Linux, Linux runs on just
> about any hardware and certainly on older PCs.
>
> Linux is free and not half as difficult to setup as one is given to
> believe.
>
> With it you can do just about anything that one could do with Windows
> and you will find a hugh amount of support and assistance on the
> Internet for whatever distribution of Linux you might choose.
>
> If you follow some basic rules php scripts/apps developed on Linux will
> run on Windows either under IIS or Apache. In fact php is developed on
> Linux.
>
> I know this is a php windows email group but I thought that I would
> share the above with you anyway.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za
>
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Alf Stockton

2006-05-22, 7:59 am

Aaron Kenney wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> We all need to remember also that once a person is used to Windows,
> Linux is a learning curve (albeit a small one) that doesn't need to be
> acheived if one has access to Windows. No one wants to spend time
> where it is not required to get the job done.
>
> I've set up PHP on apache on Fedora 4 and 5. Done using yum, this can
> actually be an easier setup than on Windows. But I have found the
> MANUAL installation on Fedora to be more difficult than that of the
> MANUAL installation on Windows/IIS simply because I am less familiar
> with Fedora. There are some situations where I have been forced to use
> a manual installation of PHP, so this is always a concern for me.
>
> I say if you just want to get PHP up-and-running quick and dirty,
> stick with what you know so that no time is wasted.
>
As the original question included inter alia:-[color=darkred]
Are you suggesting that John Jairo Vega Angulo should go out and buy(I
am sure that you are not suggesting that he steals one) a copy of a
suitable version of Windows to then discover that on his old hardware it
runs as slow as a pig and therefore should also go out and buy some new
hardware. As well as go through the learning curve of the new Windows OS.?
--
Regards,
Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za

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