Comments on: Zend Server, a first impression http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2009/09/15/zend-server-a-first-impression/ web development & web analytics Mon, 10 May 2010 10:25:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Vladimir http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2009/09/15/zend-server-a-first-impression/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Vladimir Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:37:57 +0000 http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/?p=1110#comment-316 Hi, i couldn't agree more with both of you. However is there any possibility to give a user an option to choose between a CGI and apache module? I really do have a problems with using it on some older web sites i made. apache_note() can not be used on Zend server and i dont see a solution for that. php_value settings within .htaccess can be fixed inserting a section in php.ini which is easy to make. Vladimir Nikolic Web programmer Hi,
i couldn’t agree more with both of you.
However is there any possibility to give a user an option to choose between a CGI and apache module?
I really do have a problems with using it on some older web sites i made.
apache_note() can not be used on Zend server and i dont see a solution for that.
php_value settings within .htaccess can be fixed inserting a section in php.ini which is easy to make.

Vladimir Nikolic
Web programmer

]]> By: Kent Mitchell http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/2009/09/15/zend-server-a-first-impression/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Kent Mitchell Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:46:44 +0000 http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/?p=1110#comment-302 Hi, I thought I'd explain why we use FastCGI on Windows. Both Zend and MS recommend using a non-threaded implementation of PHP on Windows. This is because PHP and it's associated extensions are not guaranteed to be thread safe. So while it may work for a specific customer situation it is not guaranteed. Since we want to provide Zend Server and Zend Server CE for production use we decided (and so has MS for Web PI and PHP in general) that FastCGI is the right way to go for maximum stability. Yes this does make the ability to do per directory PHP setting more difficult but that is a trade-off we thought was important for supporting production ready environments. Kent Mitchell Director, Product Management Zend Hi,

I thought I’d explain why we use FastCGI on Windows. Both Zend and MS recommend using a non-threaded implementation of PHP on Windows. This is because PHP and it’s associated extensions are not guaranteed to be thread safe. So while it may work for a specific customer situation it is not guaranteed. Since we want to provide Zend Server and Zend Server CE for production use we decided (and so has MS for Web PI and PHP in general) that FastCGI is the right way to go for maximum stability.

Yes this does make the ability to do per directory PHP setting more difficult but that is a trade-off we thought was important for supporting production ready environments.

Kent Mitchell
Director, Product Management
Zend

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