Web server / php

[IceMan]

There any good with web servers and php.
We are trying to create a web page to have a account maker and ranking and do other live feed bits.

I have a half working php setup that was done for testing but still complete the to pull data from sql.

Thanks
John

 

[hershire]

do you need a server for testing or help building the site?

 

[IceMan]

No. The site is to help test a new sql conversation on some files.

 

[Hazuki]

https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Xampp comes with everything setup and ready to go.

 

[Ardbeg]

https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Xampp comes with everything setup and ready to go.

What are the pros / cons of using this and not something like IIS ?

 

[Far]

What are the pros / cons of using this and not something like IIS ?

IIS is microsoft, so is designed to run asp sites
XAMPP/WAMP is apache, so is designed to run php sites

both are obviously still web servers, so run html as normal.

 

[Ardbeg]

IIS is microsoft, so is designed to run asp sites
XAMPP/WAMP is apache, so is designed to run php sites

both are obviously still web servers, so run html as normal.

Not sure about earlier versions but I do know that IIS 7 caters for both asp.net and php.
I had a brief look at IIS 7 and php for my server but never got very far. It is possible though.

 

[Far]

yeah it is possible with iis addons

IIS is microsoft platform only, XAMPP is linux based (though obviously WAMP is windows).

unless you're planning to use both asp and php, then you would normally use apache for php run sites.

As a further note to differences - XAMPP/WAMP comes provided with mysql - where as if you're using IIS you'd need to install a separate db manager (sql server for example)

 

[Alecs]

You can also try nginx. It's much faster than Apache.

 

[IceMan]

Thanks for i had a web server from ruby files. Saved alot of time lol.

 

[IceMan]

Do people prefer to be able to make theres accounts and like have a look at rankings and things from ingame well downloading ?