PHP on Windows Improvements in PHP-Microsoft Interoperability Brian Swan PHP Developer Outreach,

- Demo 1 - WinCache

- Demo 1 (A bit more detail) -  WinCache  v1.0: Opcode, File, and Resolve path cache  v1.1 (beta): Stores app data in shared memory (function-by-function compatible with APC)  Available at  IIS features available across all versions  Full feature set available in IIS 7.5, updates available for other versions:

- Demo 1 Recap-  FastCGI is the recommended way to run PHP with IIS  IIS supports side-by-side versions of PHP  Use Monitor Changes To File setting to update PHP configuration without server restart  Set MaxInstances=0 to auto-tune PHP instances  Use WinCache extension to boost performance with out changing PHP code

- Demo 2 - But first, some context…

SQL Server Reporting Services SDK for PHP How it Works

- Demo 2 Recap-  SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)  Build/deploy customized reports in multiple formats (HTML, PDF, Excel, Word, CSV, …)  Access report server via web service interface  Free with SQL Server Express 2008 R2 with Advanced Services  SSRS SDK for PHP  PHP library for consuming SSRS  Available at

- Demo 3 - Again, some context first…

Client Web Browser Web Server Windows/IIS/PHP SQL Server - Demo 3 Recap -

SQL Server Driver for PHP - Architecture

 Windows Authentication  Connection pooling  Streaming  Server-side “scrollable” cursors  UTF-8 support  SQL Azure support  PDO support (Beta) SQL Server Driver for PHP - Features

- Downloads -  Web Platform Installer   IIS/FastCGI Updates   SSRS SDK for PHP   SQL Azure Migration Wizard   Windows Azure Cmd Line Tools for PHP Developers  These links and more are posted on my blog:

- Resources -  Blogs       Learn more…    Again, these and more are posted on my blog:

Q & A Further questions/follow-up/feedback: joind.in: My blog: