IIS Aid PHP Installer updated to PHP 5.2.9-2
The IIS Aid PHP Installer has been updated to the latest Windows PHP 5.2.9-2 build. This update has only been applied to the 32-bit version, so the 64 bit version is still running PHP 5.2.5. You can...
View ArticleMicrosoft FastCGI Beta 1.5 for IIS 5.1 and 6 released
Microsoft have released a new beta version of their popular FastCGI extension for IIS 5.1 & 6. This new 1.5 version includes the following new features over the current 1.0 release.read more
View ArticleDispelling the myths of IIS security
Reading around a few IIS blogs yesterday and came across a really good post by Tobin Titus addressing the largely false conception in the wider web hosting community that IIS is not a secure platform...
View ArticleIIS teams contributions to the PHP engine
Just read over a nice blog post by Mai-lan (Product Unit Manager for IIS) which summarised the contributions the IIS team have made to the PHP engine and community over the last couple of years. Having...
View ArticlePHP 5.3.0 Released
The PHP group has just announced the release of PHP 5.3.0. PHP has had some pretty major wwork done for this release, so make sure you read up on what has changed before you consider upgrading.read more
View ArticleWrite for IIS Aid
Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the lack of new content on the site over the past few months. I've recently started a new job and have been finding myself quite mentally exhausted by the time I get...
View ArticleWinCache Opcode Cache for IIS
I've been doing some testing with Microsoft over the last month or two which I've simply been itching to talk about, but haven't been able to until now due to NDA. At the start of September the IIS...
View ArticleWincache performance on a live site
Earlier this month the IIS team released the first release candidate of their exciting new Wincache caching extension for PHP. In my view this new extension is the most significant work the IIS Team...
View ArticleWincache RTW Released
Some very exciting news from the IIS.net site this morning with the production release of the much anticipated WinCache PHP extension for IIS. If you aren't yet aware, the WinCache extension for IIS is...
View Article6th Microsoft IIS MVP Award Received
I received an email over the weekend informing me that I have been awarded an IIS MVP from Microsoft for 2010, making it the 6th such award in as many years. Hard to believe it has been that long...
View ArticleBack on track
It's been fairly quite around here of late for which I apologise. Have had a lot on my plate which unfortunately has resulted in me not having a great deal of time for creating new content for the...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 9 beta released
With so many quality browsers to choose from these days, Microsoft certainly have changed their tune towards their offering over the last few years. After having only IE6 from 2001 to 2006, today we...
View ArticleLooking back on PHP on IIS
Just finished reading over an interesting blog post by Brian Swan about reflecting on PHP-Microsoft Interoperability on IIS. It is a good read and a quite an accomplishment to see how PHP has matured...
View ArticleStand against SOPA
It has been quite a while since I've posted anything, so it is perhaps a little disappointing that I write now not to help users of this site but rather ask them for their help. Currently there is a...
View ArticlePHP 5.4 Released
The PHP dev team have recently released version 5.4.0 which is a pretty major milestone. Just browsing through some of the most notable improvements which include some new language syntax, support for...
View ArticleA change of direction for IIS Aid
It is hard to believe that it is almost 10 years since I launched my first PHP/MySQL website called IT Headquarters on top of IIS, and almost 7 years since I re-launched my site as IIS Aid which...
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