Hello Kristina, Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 4:04:40 AM, you wrote:
> Hi Anthony -- well, we've definitely made the decision to switch from > WAMP to LAMP. There are definitely plusses and minuses on each side, > for sure. Thank heavens, since this is an externally hosted site, I > don't need to be a Linux genius (now THAT would be an issue)! All of > my previous experience developing PHP apps was with LAMP. So this has > been a learning experience for me. > The issues I found with WAMP are: > -- poor understanding on the part of sys admins of where the modified > php.ini file should live, and why, and how it affects various functions > of PHP. Consequently a huge testing cycle and anxiety about future > issues that might arise with new code. > -- Non existent debug messages (i.e. blank white screens rather than > semi helpful line number messages)...although that could have been a > setting that we neglected to unearth & configure. > -- Completely erratic performance with the mail() function and since > this is a critical part of our app (13 different emails going out > either after site visits or at various timed intervals to hopefully a > ton of people who register), this was a huge concern for me; and > -- weird issues with the $_FILES array behavior and more fun trying to > get php.ini to work right for that. > So maybe I'm just a wimp but back to LAMP I go. I figure I've got > enough headaches just trying to roll out the app and make sure it's > working right without all of the above. > --Kristina >> LAMP environments, you're not missing much... :) >> >> -- >> Anthony Wlodarski >> PHP/MySQL Developer >> www.thrillist.com >> 560 Broadway, Suite 308 >> New York, NY 10012 >> p 646.274.2435 >> f 646.557.0803 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >> http://www.nyphpcon.com >> >> Show Your Participation in New York PHP >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> >> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > __________ NOD32 3061 (20080428) Information __________ > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com Are you / were you using WAMP5? some other WAMP package? I have been running WAMP5 on my XP Windows box for a long time and the differences are not that great between it and my LAMP Hosting site (at least for my development work, I do development stuff on XP, transfer it to my Linux server and it just works, maybe other stuff that I don't care about is different?), though the php.ini in WAMP5 is located in the Apache/bin folder as are many of the PHP dlls ( I has a huge RTFM issue with that one when I first installed it) folder which is significantly different from other WAMP packages I have run. -- Best regards, mikesz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
