I have a Windows Server 2003 and asp.net website running on localhost. I have to install php and mysql, but php installation doesn't work for whatever reason. I was wondering if I could install package such as xampp on windows server to save time and hassle installing in manually (I could not find a tutorial for this). I was wondering though, if it is safe, i.e. what will happen if I go to http://localhost/ - will I get the php or asp website? In general, is it safe to install xampp on windows server 2003? All advice greatly appreciated.
Yeah, it's safe to install both. What you do is bind one to one port and the other to another port, so IIS is port 80 and Apache is port 81 or whatever, http://localhost/ would go to IIS and http://localhost:81/ would go to apache.
Microsoft got a detailed oficial instructionpage for PHP on IIS under h**p://php.iis.net/
You probably got IIS 6 running on that Windows 2003 Server. The following article describes how to run PHP apps
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis-60/
If you have no experience with XAMPP or Apache Webserver I wouldn't recommend to install it... especially on a production system.
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Hello i have hosted my website on VPS windows 2008 r2 using wamp server, but i want to know which webserver is better for live server ,wamp or xampp ,because a lot of people visit my website.
Wamp and xampp are all using aparche as web service. so there in no difference in term of web server. however wamp and xampp mainly designed for easy development environment set up. for production you may want to set up the environment from ground up. if you going to host with windows, The IIS may be the better fit.
I installed Xampp on my pc it was working fine but today all of a sudden apache server failed to initialize then i removed it and installed Wampserver which is perfectly working and services are online. But whenever i try to open localhost it is not working and browser still displaying Xampp fevicon and displays message "http:/localhost/ is not available" Any help would be appreciated thanks
Following steps worked for me:
start services of xampp from xampp control panel, and then go to the browser.
in the address bar,type: 127.0.0.1/8080/filename.php where filename.php is the php file placed in xampp/htdocs and you will have to change the port 80 to 8080 by configuring apache Config option from xampp control panel.
Fixx....
see in your pc IIS services also running.. when IIS services running wamp server or xampp running only partially.. specially apache service not running on your pc.
do solutions...
for stop IIS on your system .. Go startmenu--type cmd--run-- type command
iisreset /stop
and enter.
now restart wamp server or xampp.. all services starts now. enjoy
I need a xampp with openssl 1.0.0 or higher with php 5.4 and apache 2.4+ which can run on windows server 2003.
Xampp 1.8.3 is there but it doesn't work on windows server 2003.
Can you please suggest me any version??
Thanks.
Xampp works in server 2003, the issue you are facing is because Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system which has a per-installed IIS server which runs using the same port. I recommend you to shutdown the IIS services then try restarting xampp to make it work. you can reach the services console by services.msc
I wanted to publish my website from visual studio but i got "The Web server does not appear to have the FrontPage server extensions installed" error;first I tried to install frontpage but because i didn't have microsoft share point in my administrative tools list and as here said:here,I tried to install webdav 7.5 version,(I believed my iis version was 7)but it gives me error that iis version 7 needs webdav version 7.5!!!
I have googled it and tried so many links more or less(because I couldn't find some parts of them in my computer),I tried enabling webdav and ...
such as:thisand this
but none helped.so I thought maybe I am going wrong,so due to this:which is my own question,i think maybe i am using windows server 2003 and iis6,so i googled to install frontpage for iis6,from here,but I don't have such a thing "FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions" in turn windows features on or off,so what should I do?please help me to get out of this hell,should I upgrade iis6 to iis7?please help,i will be so thankful.
by the way my os is windows 7 64 bit,and I use visual studio 2010.
FrontPage server extensions (FSE) is a server side package that FrontPage and some other Microsoft applications use to upload files to web sites. FSE must be installed on the server in order for these applications to upload files. FSE has nothing to do with Microsoft desktop products directly. It is often installed on Apache systems, for example. cPanel has an option to install it, if you are using that to manage your server.
IIS should come with FSE already installed, AFAIK. That would certainly make sense, with it being a Microsoft product.
I'm working on some old .asp pages. I mostly do VB development so I'm a newbie to .ASP.
How can I run those pages locally for testing?
I'm running Windows XP Home SP2.
I'm guessing I'll need to install a local server, etc.
Yes, you will need a local server. However, IIS doesn't install on XP Home. But like most things, there are workarounds.
Installing IIS on XP home
You will need IIS installed locally to test ASP. IIS is part of XP Pro but not of XP Home.
So officially you will need to upgrade at least to Pro.
There are also some other servers out there ranging from free to not that let you test your ASP code. I've heard of, but not used, Baby Web Server: http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/baby_web_server.html