Apache v/s IIS
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:51 am
Which is the best server among IIS and Apache to run PHP scripts? What are the potential advantages/disadvantages of running PHP in IIS and Apache? Which one is ideal for beginners?
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akuji36 wrote:I think Apache is easier for beginners to setup and there's lots of
online support for it.
If you are programming in PHP, what difference does it make what web server you use to interpret the PHP?pritam79 wrote:Which one would be the ideal one to start developing in PHP for beginners- IIS or Apache?akuji36 wrote:I think Apache is easier for beginners to setup and there's lots of online support for it.
I just wanted to know "What about using apache+windows to develop in php and not linux+apache at all"califdon wrote:If you are programming in PHP, what difference does it make what web server you use to interpret the PHP?
Oh yeah, that's true. But for a beginner like the OP, I think it makes not one bit of difference.matthijs wrote:Apache has .htaccess, IIS not. so that's a big difference and advantage of apache. Certainly considering many open source applications and frameworks like Zend's use that feature (maybe not always strictly needed, but still)
Maybe not. But so many apps use it and in general there's a lot of stuff you can do with htaccess which might come in handy ("how do I protect a directory", "how do I redirect people", etc etc). So it will probably come in handy as soon as a beginner comes in the next stage and learns to use all these little thingscalifdon wrote:Oh yeah, that's true. But for a beginner like the OP, I think it makes not one bit of difference.matthijs wrote:Apache has .htaccess, IIS not. so that's a big difference and advantage of apache. Certainly considering many open source applications and frameworks like Zend's use that feature (maybe not always strictly needed, but still)
Whoever told you that must have been on crack.akuji36 wrote:However I've been told that ms iis is more secure ..