I have worked with PHP a bit over the years and my experience is that PHP is pretty snappy on Windows and IIS (IIS 6 at the time) but it really is happier on Apache and *nix boxs. But that shouldn't matter in most cases unless you start getting into apps that are coded to use make use of *nix or Apache specific features. In that case they probably wouldn't work at all.
Speaking of CMS's, I have run Joomla on IIS (with a little massaging mind you) with out any problems or any noticeable performance issues. I don't have any expereince with high traffic PHP sites or anything (Mostly mom and pop shop type sites and on a intranet ) so I wouldn know how it behaves under a heavy load. As far as Lamp goes, you can get a decent Lamp VPS with slicehost for $20. I have heard good things about them. http://www.slicehost.com/ ~G~ On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's Off-Topic for this list, so I guess off line would be better to > handle this, but i have a hosting client who's using PHP on my server, > adn is complaining that its running slow. He says the reason his CMS > is running slowly is because the site is on a windows box, and PHP is > not normally recommended on Windows OS. > > I think that's bullsh*t, and a cop out for excusing other problems, > but I'd like a more informed opinion from someone who knows PHP > environments. (I have never done more than a few pages in PHP - never > found a reason to). > > > Here's what he says: > [quote] > The site however seems to be having some grave performance problems. > > On examination, it seems that the site is running on a windows box, an > unusual choice for a php server. As it stands, we cant always get into > the admin system due to timeouts, and it seems the box simply isn't > optimised for PHP/Mysql , or is somewhat oversubscribed? PHP generally > is not recomended for usage with IIS due to ISAPI. > > What would be the odds of moving over to a Lamp setup with either > eaccelerator, ACP, or Zend Optimisor, (eaccel and APC are Open source, > so won't be a pocket hit). I'm not sure if you have any Linux boxes > provisioned, but as it stands, the current server just isn't coping > with our site. > [/quote] > > I should add that the box isnt over-subscribed by a long shot, and i > have coldfusion sites on that same box that are screaming along. > > Would any of you care to comment on this? > > -- > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:309899 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
