Chilisoft ASP is limited.  Biggest loss, you don't get to use COM.

If you really want platform independent, Java Server Pages are technically
the route to go.

With PHP, there are still functions that work on one platform and not the
other.  Some functions work differently.  They way you handle database
connectivity will probably need to be rewritten if you move from one
platform to another.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cameron" <dcameron@i...>
To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:52 PM
Subject: [pro_php] Re: PHP on Win32 platform


> They have specified that the SOS *must* be windows. I'm not really
> complaining because I don't know linux. Also for some unknown reason they
> have decided that it is very important that is be as platform independent
as
> possible, which makes it php. I know that you can run ASP on platforms
other
> than IIS with Chili!Soft ASP, but I have heard that what you can do is
> limited.
>
> Besides why should I complain? I get to learn another language and become
> more employable <grin>.
>
> >From this list I get the impression that quite a few people are using a
> PWS/IIS and Win32 platform to serve their pages. Is it such an unusual
> config?
>
> regards
> David Cameron
> nOw.b2b
> dcameron@i...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Lang [mailto:aalang@r...]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 December 2001 12:51 AM
> To: professional php
> Subject: [pro_php] Re: PHP on Win32 platform
>
>
> Sort of an odd combo.  Being required to use Windows and PHP?
>
> If you already know Win/IIS/ASP, I say stick with that.
>
> If you want best solution overall, Lin/Apache/PHP is the route to go.
(Yeah,
> I am saying this while getting ready to play with JSP. :P)
>
> Adam Lang
> Systems Engineer
> Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Cameron" <dcameron@i...>
> To: "professional php" <pro_php@p...>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:35 PM
> Subject: [pro_php] PHP on Win32 platform
>
>
> > I initially posted this to the php_configuration list, but have received
> no
> > response.
> >
> > I am working on a project within certain parameters. One of these is
that
> > the webserver is Windows 2k, the other is that php pages are served. I
> have
> > the choice of what is used to serve the pages (IIS, Apache, whatever).
One
> > of the most important considerations is portability between platforms.
> Does
> > anyone have any recommendations for the appropriate software solution?
> >
> > I know asp well and IIS fairly well and am leaning towards that, at
least
> > partly because I know the holes in IIS and how to lock down an IIS
server.
> > Is there a better solution?
> >
> > regards
> > David Cameron
> > nOw.b2b
> > dcameron@i...
> >
> >
> >
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