This is an article discussion thread for discussing the Earners Forum article, "PHP CGI or PHP ISAPI with IIS?"

Agreed

I don't agree about NOT using the PHP installer from php.net. It asks you if you want to install PHP as CGI or ISAPI, works really well.

Also the whole CGI argument stems from older versions of PHP when the ISASP extension DLL supplied was particularly unstable. ISAPI is definitely the way to go and I'd be willing to bet the CGI option might soon become an obsolete option.

I use wamp server. Installs and works great.

i user php mysql. download the package from Appserv

Verio appears to have both installed. They have an option to switch between ISAPI and CGI:
verio.com/support/documents/view_article.cfm?doc_id=6520
I signed up for one of their demo accounts (signu1.sslcert11.com/RequestSignupInvitation.aspx) and found that I could use CGI and ISAPI at the same time if I mapped different extensions (*.php to ISAPI and *.php5 to CGI)

if you had a apache it would be easier now you must look for at google

Originally Posted by chopper

I don't agree about NOT using the PHP installer from php.net. It asks you if you want to install PHP as CGI or ISAPI, works really well.

Also the whole CGI argument stems from older versions of PHP when the ISASP extension DLL supplied was particularly unstable. ISAPI is definitely the way to go and I'd be willing to bet the CGI option might soon become an obsolete option.

Maybe you can help me: I am trying to install the latest PHP installer and it does NOT give me the ISAPI option. Why is that? I have tried it on other computers and sometimes ISAPI is there other times it's not. What makes the difference? Thanks.