php 5.3 + windows

PHP 5.3 & WindowsScott MacVicar

April 2009

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Compared to 5.2

10 year old libraries

11 year old compiler

ISAPI crashes constantly

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FastCGI

CGI involves executing a process for each request

FastCGI keeps a process running, like a mini server

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FastCGI + IIS

IIS 6 and 7 support FastCGI

Replaces ISAPI filter with PHP

Resolves memory leaks / thread safety issues

Ships with Server 2008

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How FastCGI Works

IIS PHPFastCGI

PHPProcess

PHPProcess

PHPProcess

PHPProcess

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Per Directory Settings

Ability to change settings per directory

Ability to change settings per hostname

Similar to .htaccess

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INI File example

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Network Functions

dns_check_record(), dns_get_mx(), checkdnsrr(), getmxrr()

inet_pton(), inet_ntop()

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Disk FunctionsAddedfnmatch()

Addedsymlink(), readlink(), linkinfo(),link()

Updatedstat(),touch(), filemtime(), filesize()

Make rename() atomic

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Miscellaneoustime_nanosleep()

time_sleep_until()

getopt()

exec() doesn’t deal with spaces properly.

escapeshellcmd() eats certain characters

crypt() not thread safe

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VC9 Libraries

Compiled against latest runtime

Faster and provides added functionality

VC6 builds still provided

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64-bit builds

64-bit numbers

Maths operations faster

Can work with files > 4GB

XP isn’t supported

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3rd Party Library Updates

tidy

ldap

cclient

ICU

cURL

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Faster MySQL

mysqlnd enabled by default

removes external dependency

fixes horrible crash bugs

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SQL Server 2005 Driver

Wraps around ODBC

Fixes streams with LOBs

Windows only :(

Better ODBC library would be nice

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Useful URLs

http://php.iis.net/

http://windows.php.net/qa/

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