PHP

[Fred]

I need to use PHP on one of my sites but of course it won't run on my
current server, which I use as it gives me FP extensions. I'm thinking of
moving this over to another server (same ISP) but can't remember what I
would lose by not having FP extensions. Is there a quick guide somewhere
that can tell me what I would have to change?

Fred

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Fred,
There are two types of features, those generated at design time
(like the include page) and those generated at browse-time (such as the
search, form handlers, database). Basically, if you can picture the server
having anything to do with a page, then it won't work. You can try to
publish your web to a file location (as a disk-based web) that you can open
and see what does or does not function there. However, PHP will run on
pretty much any platform, including Windows. You may want to make sure that
your host really doesn't want to provide both PHP and FP Extension support
on the same site as there's no technical reason why not.

Hope this helps
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

 

[Bob Lehmann]

You can download PHP binaries for Windows here..
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

Scroll down to the first "Windows Binaries" group and click the "PHP 4.3.4
installer" link.

Bob Lehmann

 

[Jack Brewster]

Fred,

You can have both the FP extensions and PHP on the same server. One does
not prevent the other from working. Talk to your host and describe your
needs and they should be able to set you up. If not, consider whether or
not it's worth finding a new host.