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IIS Documentation Updates on PHP.NET

PHP.NET web site is known for its well written and very detailed documentation. The excellent content together with tons of user contributed notes has made the PHP.NET the primary place for getting the help on all PHP related questions. However there was one thing in the PHP docs that was still not up-to-date. The Windows and IIS-specific installation and configuration sections did not cover the latest changes in Windows, such as IIS 7 and FastCGI. Now I am glad to let everyone know that this part...( read more ) Read More...

Feature additions and bug fixes coming up in WinCache

We are seeing huge momentum behind adoption of WinCache . In the month of September, WinCache v1 Beta was downloaded more than 13,000 times making it one of the most downloaded IIS extensions in the first month following its release. Many happy customers chose to run it on their production servers despite its beta tag. We got very encouraging feedback from the beta release and we are pushing hard for our next release. Our next release date is approaching fast and I wanted to give an update on new...( read more ) Read More...

Windows Cache Extension for PHP and CPU usage

The FastCGI module in IIS has a configuration setting maxInstances , which controls the number of concurrently running php-cgi.exe processes that IIS creates to process PHP requests. To achieve optimal performance, it is recommended to fine tune this setting for your specific environment starting with 8-10 instances per CPU core (e.g. maxInstances=32 for quad-core CPU). The Windows Cache Extension for PHP can be used to improve performance of PHP applications running on Windows operating systems...( read more ) Read More...

Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – Beta

Today IIS team has released the beta of the Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP . The Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator , that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on the Windows operating systems. Any PHP application can take advantage of the functionality provided by the Windows Cache Extension for PHP without any code modifications. All that is required is that the extension is enabled and loaded by the PHP engine. Install the Windows Cache Extension 1.0...( read more ) Read More...

Per-site PHP configuration with PHP 5.3 and IIS

About a year ago I wrote an article about how to enable per-site PHP configuration on IIS with FastCGI . The instructions in that article required some non-trivial manipulations of IIS and FastCGI configuration settings. At that time it was one of the primary options for enabling per site php.ini support (other option was to use the htscanner extension for PHP ). Now, with PHP 5.3 final release available , it is much simpler to implement the same configuration because PHP 5.3 has built-in support...( read more ) Read More...

Getting both FastCGI module and AppPool CPULimit to work

FastCGI module available in IIS 7.0 did not work when CPULimit for the application pool was enabled. This was because when CPULimit feature was enabled WAS uses job objects to track CPU usage of worker processes. WAS keeps a job object for each application pool and all worker processes which belong to that application pool are made part of that job object. FastCGI module uses job objects to make sure that there are no orphan child processes left when worker process goes away. Note that FastCGI requires...( read more ) Read More...

FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – RC

Today IIS team has released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – Release Candidate. This version is based on FastCGI Extension 1.0 and it adds several important improvements and features. The release is believed to have a quality level suitable for production deployments. Install the Release Candidate of FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 or, download: FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – RC (x86) FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 –...( read more ) Read More...

Tip #71: Did you know... there are several new configuration settings available in FastCGI Extension 1.5 Beta

Following are the new configuration settings available in FastCGI 1.5 Extension Beta: MonitorChangesTo - This property specifies path to a file, changes to which will trigger a recycle of FastCGI executables running for this FastCGI process pool. If value of this property is blank, file change monitoring is disabled. Path to file can be absolute or relative to folder in which FastCGI process (as specified by ExePath) is present. If not specified, default value is blank. StderrMode - Specifies how...( read more ) Read More...

FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 - Beta

Today IIS team has released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 - Beta. This version is based on FastCGI Extension 1.0 and it adds several important improvements and features. Install the Beta of FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 or, download: FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 (x86) FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 (x64) Upgrade from FastCGI Extension 1.0 release If you already have FastCGI Extension version 1.0 installed then the installation package...( read more ) Read More...

Windows Installer for PHP 5.2.9 RC and PHP 5.3 Beta

I am pleased to let everyone know that PHP development community has made significant improvements to the installer in upcoming PHP releases. In particular a number of bugs have been fixed to make the installer work well with FastCGI extension in IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0 and with FastCGI module in IIS 7.0. Now the installer will do for you many of the configuration steps that previously you had to complete manually by following the instructions in the article Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on...( read more ) Read More...