PHP on Windows missing features

[charles_weaver@post.harvard.edu]

I have a PHP program on a Windows Server website and the following do
not work:

$HTTP_SERVER_VA RS["PHP_SELF"], $_SERVER, $_SESSION

etc. etc.

Can someone explain me why?

Is there something I can tell my web host to set in the php.ini file to
fix this?

All of this has always worked for me on Unix.

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

charles_weaver@ post.harvard.ed u wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a PHP program on a Windows Server website and the following do
> not work:
>
> $HTTP_SERVER_VA RS["PHP_SELF"], $_SERVER, $_SESSION
>
> etc. etc.
>
> Can someone explain me why?
>
> Is there something I can tell my web host to set in the php.ini file to
> fix this?
>
> All of this has always worked for me on Unix.
>[/color]

It's probably because you're using IIS, not Apache. This can't be fixed
in the php.ini file. This information is supplied by Apache.

Solution? Get an Apache server.

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[charles_weaver@post.harvard.edu]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

So you are saying that there are no session variables in Windows IIS
PHP and I have to handle all this in hidden variables or something like
that? Too bad. Fortunately my ultimate target is a Linux server and I
guess I will just have to do my development there. Live and learn.

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

charles_weaver@ post.harvard.ed u wrote:[color=blue]
> So you are saying that there are no session variables in Windows IIS
> PHP and I have to handle all this in hidden variables or something like
> that? Too bad. Fortunately my ultimate target is a Linux server and I
> guess I will just have to do my development there. Live and learn.
>[/color]

Yes, there are session variables on Windows servers. But you don't have
the same $_SERVER variables Apache does. And even to get those, you
*may* have to have the ISAPI version installed instead of the CGI version.

But if you're going to be running on Linux anyway, why not just load
Apache on Windows and use it? It makes things *much* easier.


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[Kimmo Laine]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.net> wrote in message
news:C76dnYI4os BUwDbe4p2dnA@co mcast.com...[color=blue]
> charles_weaver@ post.harvard.ed u wrote:[color=green]
>> I have a PHP program on a Windows Server website and the following do
>> not work:
>>
>> $HTTP_SERVER_VA RS["PHP_SELF"], $_SERVER, $_SESSION
>>
>> etc. etc.
>>
>> Can someone explain me why?
>>
>> Is there something I can tell my web host to set in the php.ini file to
>> fix this?
>>
>> All of this has always worked for me on Unix.
>>[/color]
>
> It's probably because you're using IIS, not Apache. This can't be fixed
> in the php.ini file. This information is supplied by Apache.
>[/color]

Bullshit! I work with PHP + IIS server. $_SESSION, $_SERVER and so on, are
all available in php programs. The primary solution is to check the
configuration of the server, and fix that first, and if that fails, then get
the apache. But saying using apache is the only solution is just horse shit.


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[Erwin Moller]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

Kimmo Laine wrote:
[color=blue]
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.net> wrote in message
> news:C76dnYI4os BUwDbe4p2dnA@co mcast.com...[color=green]
>> charles_weaver@ post.harvard.ed u wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> I have a PHP program on a Windows Server website and the following do
>>> not work:
>>>
>>> $HTTP_SERVER_VA RS["PHP_SELF"], $_SERVER, $_SESSION
>>>
>>> etc. etc.
>>>
>>> Can someone explain me why?
>>>
>>> Is there something I can tell my web host to set in the php.ini file to
>>> fix this?
>>>
>>> All of this has always worked for me on Unix.
>>>[/color]
>>
>> It's probably because you're using IIS, not Apache. This can't be fixed
>> in the php.ini file. This information is supplied by Apache.
>>[/color]
>
> Bullshit! I work with PHP + IIS server. $_SESSION, $_SERVER and so on, are
> all available in php programs. The primary solution is to check the
> configuration of the server, and fix that first, and if that fails, then
> get the apache. But saying using apache is the only solution is just horse
> shit.
>[/color]

True, I have them all under IIS5/PHP-ISAPI on my W2000 machine.
Maybe not all (didn't check them all), but all I need.
I prefer Debian/apache, but hey, life is a bitch, and so am I when I can
make a dime. ;-)

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

Kimmo Laine wrote:[color=blue]
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attg lobal.net> wrote in message
> news:C76dnYI4os BUwDbe4p2dnA@co mcast.com...
>[color=green]
>>charles_weave r@post.harvard. edu wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>I have a PHP program on a Windows Server website and the following do
>>>not work:
>>>
>>>$HTTP_SERVER _VARS["PHP_SELF"], $_SERVER, $_SESSION
>>>
>>>etc. etc.
>>>
>>>Can someone explain me why?
>>>
>>>Is there something I can tell my web host to set in the php.ini file to
>>>fix this?
>>>
>>>All of this has always worked for me on Unix.
>>>[/color]
>>
>>It's probably because you're using IIS, not Apache. This can't be fixed
>>in the php.ini file. This information is supplied by Apache.
>>[/color]
>
>
> Bullshit! I work with PHP + IIS server. $_SESSION, $_SERVER and so on, are
> all available in php programs. The primary solution is to check the
> configuration of the server, and fix that first, and if that fails, then get
> the apache. But saying using apache is the only solution is just horse shit.
>
>[/color]

I do, too. And no, not everything is available in IIS as it is in Apache.

Additionally, if you have PHP loaded as a CGI, even less is available.

And learn to read. I didn't say to get Apache because it's the only
solution - I said to get it because it's the MOST COMPATIBLE SOLUTION.
His final target is Linux. It only makes sense to develop using the
same server as you're going to be deploying on.

So get off your Microsoft High Horse and learn to read.

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[charles_weaver@post.harvard.edu]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

I don't have any control over this server. I am sure it is an IIS
server. Can someone tell me what to tell my web host to do and what
special I have to do in my program in order to enable $_SESSION
variables if that is possible?

[Sean]

Re: PHP on Windows missing features

To get access to lots of info, including server info check out:

http://ie2.php.net/phpinfo

To learn about sessions goto:
http://ie2.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php. Basically you need to put
in session_start.

All in the manual.