I've never used PHP with IIS... but run it on 2 Windows 2000 Apache (1.3.27)
servers in production, plus on 2 test workstations. I've had few problems.

There's plenty of tutorials on the net for configuring Apache to do all
sorts of things.

Craig Roberts

"The.Rock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I wouldn't call myself a guru with IIS, but I happen to know a lot about
it.
> In my experience with IIS and PHP, the bigger the script the more IIS
seems
> to sag. Apache runs better and is more stable I think than IIS. The thing
> about editing a conf file for the configuration is no big deal. If your
> setting this up, its not so much different that you couldn't learn it in a
> short amount of time. Plus there are a few GUI front ends for editing the
> conf file in windows.
>
> The other thing is, I seem to have less problems on Apache than IIS. The
> isapi dll for php in IIS isn't very stable and often time craps out for no
> reasons. Apache may have some issues, but they will be far less than what
> you'll experience in IIS.
>
> I'm a windows person, but recently started learning Redhat. You'll find a
> big performance difference if you can run php on a Linux OS. I've got
> several scripts that I have a time function that measures how fast the
page
> is created. Its pretty much a night and day difference as far as
performance
> is concerned.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
>
> "William Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are planning to use PHP on windows 2000 but which is the better web
> > server to use under this these circumstances IIS or Apache?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Will
> >
> >
> >
>
>



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