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From: "Greg"
I have developed a Content Management Systems in PHP/MySQL which works
well on Linux/Apache platforms.
I have a client with a Windows/IIS server, who wants to use my CMS.
He knows he will have to install PHP and MySQL to use my software,
BUT, am I going to hit any snags? Will code developed for a LAMP
environment work, as-is, in a WIMP environment, or will I have to
'tweak' it?
Anything in particular I need to look out for, for example, sessions,
file uploading via HTTP, image manipulation (GD), etc.
Many thanks for any suggestions or help.
Greg
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Hi Greg,
I have not used IIS so I hope someone else can answer about
IIS.
Generally the differences between Linux and Windows are -
The file ownership scheme is different and this causes file access problems.
The '/' becomes '\'.
Linux is case sensitive for file names ie a.php and A.php are different
files and can co-exist.
Windows does not natively support POSIX functions. Important - read up on
what POSIX actually is to an OS.
So in short, if you are creating or modifying files then you will have
issues.
If you accessing files outside of the HTTP path or by file system access
then you will have issues.
Also some security features will not work because - well - windows is
insecure!
Thanks.
