I have been doing a lot of Windows 2008, IIS 7, and SQL Server 2008 administration lately on a number of servers.
Over the winter I taught myself PHP as well as Code Igniter on Apache, but now I have a need to get all of this running on Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7. If you are in the same position, you may want to take a peek at the free Microsoft Training Kit that includes a number of demos and hands-on labs for using PHP on Windows 2008 and IIS 7 for use with SQL Server. Resources include:
PHP & SQL Server Demos
- Integrating SQL Server Geo-Spatial with PHP
- SQL Server Reporting Services and PHP
PHP & SQL Server Hands On Labs
- Introduction to Using SQL Server with PHP
- Using Full Text Search over Office Documents in PHP
PHP on Windows Hands On Labs
- IIS Access Control Features for PHP
- Using IIS 7.0 Media Features in a PHP Application
- Troubleshooting PHP
- Migrating PHP Applications to IIS 7.0
Learn more here.
For those looking for a book on learning PHP, I used this book from Apress as a resource while learning, but didn't read it from end-to-end: PHP for Absolute Beginners.
David Hayden
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