MS IIS vs Apache/Linux
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MS IIS vs Apache/Linux
A client has asked me to build a PHP aplication on their Shared hosting Account IIS server. I have always worked in a LAMP environment, so I don't know how different this will be. They have rejected building it on my Linux VPS. Since I am unfamiliar with IIS, can anyone give me the heads up regarding what I will be getting into?
Re: MS IIS vs Apache/Linux
While there are differences between PHP/IIS and PHP/Apache, most applications won't notice.
The thing to look at is Windows vs. Linux. Setting permissions for things like upload directories is different (but still the same in principle) and there are some functions that you won't have access to (unless you're using PHP 5.3, which has implementations for many of the missing functions).
If your dev environment is Apache/Windows then 99% of the time you'll find out when you're trying to do something you can't. Of course, that doesn't mitigate the testing you have to do on a real IIS/Windows setup.
The thing to look at is Windows vs. Linux. Setting permissions for things like upload directories is different (but still the same in principle) and there are some functions that you won't have access to (unless you're using PHP 5.3, which has implementations for many of the missing functions).
If your dev environment is Apache/Windows then 99% of the time you'll find out when you're trying to do something you can't. Of course, that doesn't mitigate the testing you have to do on a real IIS/Windows setup.