Archive for the ‘PHP’ Category

Despite my lack of updates, I’ve noticed based on search query logs of visitors arriving on this website, a lot of them are regarding installing PHP 5.3 on IIS. Due to the fact that you can no longer use ISAPI with PHP 5.3, I’ve had the same frustrating experience as others when I was trying […]

Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 22:03 | 0 comments
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Microsoft now has an official SQL Server Driver to use with PHP on IIS. This is a huge and step forward for PHP/SQL Server developers since beginning with PHP 5.3, the usually packaged MSSQL extension has been deprecated.

Saturday, August 7th, 2010 at 23:09 | 6 comments
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Beginning from PHP 5.3, PHP can only be installed on IIS via a CGI Handler, and no longer through ISAPI. In this tutorial, we’ll step through the details of how to set up FastCGI and PHP on IIS.

Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 20:40 | 24 comments
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Update: I’ve started an IIS Tutorial Series on Talking to SQL Server with PHP on IIS which contains more details of this installation. It’s been a while since I’ve touched on the issue of having PHP 5.3 talk to a MS SQL Server on IIS (without using ODBC or other connection methods).  Last time I’ve […]

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 at 13:17 | 2 comments
Categories: PHP, Web Development

Update: This article is considered outdated. I’ve started an IIS Tutorial Series on how to install PHP and FastCGI on IIS 6.0. With the release of PHP 5.3.0 introducing a lot of new features and bug fixes, it also comes in with a lot of changes for Microsoft IIS users.  The biggest one of them […]

Saturday, July 4th, 2009 at 12:19 | 29 comments
Categories: PHP, Web Development

Update: This article is considered outdated, and is only valid for PHP versions before 5.3. I’ve started an IIS Tutorial Series on Talking to SQL Server with PHP on IIS, which is valid for any versions of PHP 5.2.4 and later. I have been pulling my hair trying for many hours to connect to a […]

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 23:15 | 2 comments
Categories: PHP

I was just reading this blog entry and it reminds me of why using a framework gives the developer so much more flexibility and better off long term, especially for business information systems where business rules change will be made.  Although comparing using a framework as opposed to an out-of-the-box solution is fairly subjective, I […]

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 23:40 | 3 comments
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When working on a couple of e-commerce web projects at work, I’ve found that being able to generate a report dynamically definitely wows a client.  Over time, I was able to find and try out a several PHP libraries from creating reports such as MS Excel files, PDFs and fancy charts.  Here I’ve compiled a […]

Thursday, February 19th, 2009 at 23:27 | 2 comments
Categories: PHP
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