php-windows Digest 22 May 2006 10:19:58 -0000 Issue 2966
Topics (messages 26914 through 26915):
Re: Last supported version for windows 95
26914 by: Aaron Kenney
26915 by: Alf Stockton
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Everyone,
We all need to remember also that once a person is used to Windows,
Linux is a learning curve (albeit a small one) that doesn't need to be
acheived if one has access to Windows. No one wants to spend time
where it is not required to get the job done.
I've set up PHP on Apache on Fedora 4 and 5. Done using yum, this can
actually be an easier setup than on Windows. But I have found the
MANUAL installation on Fedora to be more difficult than that of the
MANUAL installation on Windows/IIS simply because I am less familiar
with Fedora. There are some situations where I have been forced to use
a manual installation of PHP, so this is always a concern for me.
I say if you just want to get PHP up-and-running quick and dirty,
stick with what you know so that no time is wasted.
-Aaron Kenney
On 5/21/06, Alf Stockton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Aaron Kenney wrote:
> John,
>
> My recommendation is to somehow install Windows 2000 and then PHP 5 on
> IIS using ISAPI. I've run Windows 2000 with minimal graphics settings
> and been able to function. If you have older than a Pentium II
> processor, it's time to buy a new computer. Even the cheapest one you
> can find will be better. If you live somewhere where computers are
> extremely difficult to come by, I may even be able to ship a computer
> to you if the company I work for would be willing to dontate one. At
> least one that will run Windows 2000.
>
> I've had Windows 2000 running on a Pentium "1" 133 MHz. If your
> computer is at least that good, you could probably do the same. You
> may, at most, have to update your motherboard's BIOS (usually free)
> and then upgrade the hard drive.
>
> -Aaron Kenney
>
>
> On 5/19/06, John Jairo Vega Angulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi, everyone:
>> Well I'm calling for your help after days and nights of trying the
>> installation of php with no results.
>> My only sin is to have an unsupported OS (win 95 and PWS 4), so every
>> installation of any version have seem close to a nightmare.
>>
>> So the question is, what's the version? (no matter how old it can be,
>> i REALLY NEED to start programming in php)
You do of course know that php works fine on Linux, Linux runs on just
about any hardware and certainly on older PCs.
Linux is free and not half as difficult to setup as one is given to
believe.
With it you can do just about anything that one could do with Windows
and you will find a hugh amount of support and assistance on the
Internet for whatever distribution of Linux you might choose.
If you follow some basic rules php scripts/apps developed on Linux will
run on Windows either under IIS or Apache. In fact php is developed on
Linux.
I know this is a php windows email group but I thought that I would
share the above with you anyway.
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Regards,
Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za
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Aaron Kenney wrote:
> Everyone,
>
> We all need to remember also that once a person is used to Windows,
> Linux is a learning curve (albeit a small one) that doesn't need to be
> acheived if one has access to Windows. No one wants to spend time
> where it is not required to get the job done.
>
> I've set up PHP on Apache on Fedora 4 and 5. Done using yum, this can
> actually be an easier setup than on Windows. But I have found the
> MANUAL installation on Fedora to be more difficult than that of the
> MANUAL installation on Windows/IIS simply because I am less familiar
> with Fedora. There are some situations where I have been forced to use
> a manual installation of PHP, so this is always a concern for me.
>
> I say if you just want to get PHP up-and-running quick and dirty,
> stick with what you know so that no time is wasted.
>
As the original question included inter alia:-
>> >> Well I'm calling for your help after days and nights of trying the
>> >> installation of php with no results.
>> >> My only sin is to have an unsupported OS (win 95 and PWS 4), so >>
>> >> every installation of any version have seem close to a nightmare.
>> >>
Are you suggesting that John Jairo Vega Angulo should go out and buy(I
am sure that you are not suggesting that he steals one) a copy of a
suitable version of Windows to then discover that on his old hardware it
runs as slow as a pig and therefore should also go out and buy some new
hardware. As well as go through the learning curve of the new Windows OS.?
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Regards,
Alf Stockton www.stockton.co.za
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