DEVELOPING PHP APPLICATIONS ON MICROSOFT PLATFORM

Tautvydas Dagys (Microsoft Lithuania)

What will we cover?

Web stack the Microsoft way

PHP on Windows

Tools, practices et al.

Microsoft web stack

A powerful set of tools, servers and technologies optimized for building and hosting next generation web applications

Microsoft.com/web

Included is…

Windows Server (W) IIS 7.x (I) SQL Server 2008 R2 (S) PHP?? (P) .NET (N)

Back to PHP…

PHP has beenaround on Windows

for a decade

Windows has been usedas a main

development environment

We worked with...

The community who provided valuable feedback and shaped development.

welcomed our efforts very enthusiastically

brought vast experience and guidance.

PHP on Windows - History

2006• PHP on Windows/IIS is

a joke

2007• IIS FastCGI

2008• http://windows.php.net• PHP 5.3

2009• PHP 5.3.0

released• WinCache

1.0 released

2010• IIS FastCGI 1.5• WinCache 1.1• Improvements in PHP

application

This is Now… Microsoft / Zend partnership (October ’06) FastCGI (September ’07) SQL Server PHP Driver (October ’07) Contribution to ADOdb† (July ‘08) Web Platform Installer (December ‘08) Web Application Gallery (March ‘09) Virtual Earth Integration Kit (May ’09) PHP 5.3 release (June ‘09) Windows Azure SDK (July ‘09) Windows Cache Extension (November ‘09) Zend Framework supports Azure (January ‘10)

† Microsoft’s first LGPL contribution ever

PHP 5.3 – new release

Completely rewritten from the ground up With Visual C++ 9.0 That means more optimized code

Code rewritten to be a good “Windows citizen”

98%+ test now pass on Windows New work in the installer

Installer is being rebuilt for Windows Windows is now a first-class platform in

PHP world

Does Anybody out there even Care?

5.3 Final – Released June 2009

Was Downloaded in the period of July 2009 to August 31, 640.000

Running PHP on Windows

PHP can be run on Windows in 3 modes

| CGI| FastCGI| ISAPI

CGI vs FastCGI

(CGI on Windows) == SLOW !!! New PHP process per request

FastCGI == (CGI on steroids) Re-use PHP processes in a process pool Single-threaded execution environment

Use the non-thread-safe PHP builds with IIS FastCGI

Q: What about PHP ISAPI?A: Do not use it! Use FastCGI instead.

Targeting SQL Server The SQL Server Driver for PHP is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications deployed on the Windows platform.

Native PHP 5 extension

Reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts.

Compatible with all editions of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 (including Express editions).

How about Cloud Computing?

Microsoft Cloud platform – Windows Azure PHP is a first class citizen on Windows

Azure You can deploy:

PHP + MySQL apps PHP + SQL Azure Apps PHP + Cloud Storage apps

Wordpress is working on Windows Azure deployments

Developing with PHP

#1: set up the dev box

Web platform installer to help you

Download from microsoft.com/web

Allows easy install of major compontents and tools

#1: set up the dev box• http://www.microsoft.com/web/platform

#2: hit the Zone

Either use Visual Studio with add-on from JCX Software

Expression Web 2.x and above support PHP

IntellisenseLocal web server

Color-coded syntaxIntegrated FTP

client

SuperPreview

Expression Web Photoshop import

Expression Web – PHP Syntax highlighting

Expression Web PHP IntelliSense

Expression Web SuperPreview

#3: utilize the platform

IIS has a number of addins to make your life easier

Database ManagerSEO Toolkit

URL Rewriter

Web deployment tool is not just for .NET apps!

#4: utilize the ecosystem

Microsoft has a rich ecosystem of apps in its Web Application Gallery

To which you can contributeby packing your apps as for webPI

Interop and PHP

Several projects under “Interoperability bridges” initiative

Projects used to provide a bridge between technologies in Windows and PHP world

And this is: oData SDK for PHP SQL Server Reporting Services SDK for PHP Silverlight samples SQL Server CRUD app generator Accelerators and Web slices for PHP Virtual Earth PHP toolkit

Get the tools and the platform for free!

3 Spark’s for your success: Microsoft DreamSpark – for Students Microsoft WebsiteSpark – for Web-agencies up

to 10 Employees Microsoft BizSpark – for Startups

www.dreamspark.com www.websitespark.com www.bizspark.com

Demo: PHP Development on WindowsShow me some staff

So what can you get from Windows Web platform?

Quick PHP Dev platform setup for Windows via WebPI

Professional tools: Visual Studio + JCX or Expression Web

IIS Server with FastCGI and bunch of extensions

SQL Server and SQL Server driver PHP interoperability bridges PHP Deployment on Windows Azure Growing community support

Hang on! You got those links?

PHP on Windows:

php.iis.net Php 5.3 Builds:windows.php.net IRC channel:irc.freenode.net/#php-dev-winPHP Windows Training

Kit:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c8498c9b-a85a-4afa-90c0-593d0e4850cbPHP Windows Azure

Training Kit:

http://www.microsoft.com/azure/trainingkit.mspx

Native SQL Driver for PHP:codeplex.com/sql2k5php Windows SDK:tinyurl.com/6z57rvPHP + Windows Azure: phpazure.codeplex.comPHP + ADO.NET Data

Services:

phpdataservices.codeplex.com

PHP + Wirtual Earth Services:

http://virtualearthphpkit.codeplex.com/

Konkursai programuotojams

Arba kaip nemokamai nukeliauti į Las Vegą?

European WinPHP Challenge

http://www.eurowinphp.com/ This year registration is closed on April 1 The rules:

The application must be build in PHP. The application must be deployed on

Windows. You can start coding at April 1st the judging

starts at 1st of June. You have to write a weekly blogpost about

your experiences of building your application.

Euro WinPHP’09 Challenge Winner-Juozas Kaziukėnas

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