Which installation best for XP+ IIS 5.1: CGI, CLI or ISAPI??

[MT]

Hello Everyone:

I am running XP Pro with IIS 5.1.

Which is the best PHP version to install:
CGI, CLI or ISAPI??

The installation manual lists all three but does
not say which is most stable, fastest, other
advantages/disadvantage.

Any help from experienced users is very welcome!!!

Starting to get my feet wet with PHP and really
enjoying it!

Regards,
Mario

[Tony Marston]

Re: Which installation best for XP+ IIS 5.1: CGI, CLI or ISAPI??

Martin Wickman <wizball@hotbre v.com> wrote in message news:<slrnbhoor 7.ghp.wizball@b abar.tuffmusik. nu>...[color=blue]
> In article <bfhg9k$iqt$1@o nline.de>, MT wrote:[color=green]
> > Hello Everyone:
> >
> > I am running XP Pro with IIS 5.1.
> >
> > Which is the best PHP version to install:
> > CGI, CLI or ISAPI??
> >
> > The installation manual lists all three but does
> > not say which is most stable, fastest, other
> > advantages/disadvantage.[/color]
>
> ISAPI is fastest because the php interpretator is integrated in the
> webserver.
>
> CGI will run the php interpretator once for each request, which hurts
> performance.
>
> CLI is for running the php interpretator manually from the command
> line (Command Line Interface) and should not be executed from the
> webserver at all
>[color=green]
> > Any help from experienced users is very welcome!!!
> >
> > Starting to get my feet wet with PHP and really
> > enjoying it![/color]
>
> My personal preference would be to run PHP under _Apache_, preferably
> on Linux.[/color]

I would definitely use Apache instead of IIS, but there is no reason
why you should not use Windows for development purposes. I personally
use Windows XP with the ISAPI version of PHP running under Apache for
all my development, but my live web server is linux.

Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net/

[Martin Wickman]

Re: Which installation best for XP+ IIS 5.1: CGI, CLI or ISAPI??

In article <7588a50f.03072 20406.1fd41165@ posting.google. com>, Tony Marston wrote:[color=blue]
> Martin Wickman <wizball@hotbre v.com> wrote in message news:<slrnbhoor 7.ghp.wizball@b abar.tuffmusik. nu>...[/color]
[color=blue][color=green]
>> My personal preference would be to run PHP under _Apache_,
>> preferably on Linux.[/color]
>
> [...] there is no reason why you should not use Windows for
> development purposes.[/color]

What kind of argument is that? Use Linux if you prefer the (imo)
superior unix development enviroment. I do.

[Tony Marston]

Re: Which installation best for XP+ IIS 5.1: CGI, CLI or ISAPI??

Martin Wickman <wizball@hotbre v.com> wrote in message news:<slrnbhu2b e.bo8.wizball@b abar.tuffmusik. nu>...[color=blue]
> In article <7588a50f.03072 20406.1fd41165@ posting.google. com>, Tony Marston wrote:[color=green]
> > Martin Wickman <wizball@hotbre v.com> wrote in message news:<slrnbhoor 7.ghp.wizball@b abar.tuffmusik. nu>...[/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> >> My personal preference would be to run PHP under _Apache_,
> >> preferably on Linux.[/color]
> >
> > [...] there is no reason why you should not use Windows for
> > development purposes.[/color]
>
> What kind of argument is that? Use Linux if you prefer the (imo)
> superior unix development enviroment. I do.[/color]

Because most people only have Windows PCs for development purposes,
that's why. They are not going to waste time trying to create a dual
boot situation with Windows and either Linux or Unix just for PHP
development.

Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net/