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Katrien De GraeveDeveloper Evangelist, Microsoft Belgiumhttp://blogs.msdn.com/katriend/ (Twitter: @katriendg)

Maarten BalliauwSoftware Engineer, RealDolmenhttp://blog.maartenballiauw.be/ (Twitter: @maartenballiauw)

Agenda• Microsoft and Open Source?– Open Source Technology Center

• PHP on Windows overview– Windows Server 2008 + PHP– Windows Web Platform – SQL Server Driver for PHP

• Extending support for PHP (aka bridges)• Head in the clouds

Microsoft Open Source Technology Center

OSTC

PHP.net Community

PHP CoreInternal Support

Microsoft and the PHP Community

Before

No Core developer working on or for Windows

Windows was a 2nd class platform

Binaries releases days or weeks after the sources releases

Absence QA on Windows

Lack of documentation and communication

Now

Windows Internals Team•2 core developers•7 regular helpers, contributors or testers (growing)

Windows is now a primary platform

Synchronized releases•5.2.6, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.3.0

QA on Windows•95% of the core tests pass on Windows

Dedicated communication channels

•Mailing list, Windows internal list, iis.net/php(http://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php)•IRC channel on freenode #php-dev-win

http://windows.php.net/

ADOdbFirst LGPL Open Source project that Microsoft has contributed to

SQL Server PHP DriverThis first release of SQL Server Driver for PHP is designed to enable PHP applications to be developed and deployed on SQL Server

IIS7+ FastCGIImprovement the performance of PHP on Windows

Expression Web 3.0Broadens tool focus to support PHP site editing

Combined Effort for PHP Excellence

Community Feedback• Enthusiastic and positive feedback from the users base

and in the press

• Increasing support from other core developers• More has been done in a couple of months than in the last 5 years Rob Richards,

PHP Core Developer, LibXml Maintainer

• Applying windows specific changes in PHP code has become substantially easier

• I do not care about windows attitude is going away• 80K downloads of PHP 5.3.0 Alpha via windows.php.net (3

months)

Introducing the Microsoft Web PlatformA powerful set of tools, servers and technologies optimized for building and hosting next generation web applications.

Microsoft Web Platform InstallerMakes it simple for anyone using Windows Server or Client to design, develop, discover, deploy and run web applications.

Install the latest versions of FREE Microsoft Web Platform tools, web server and extensions, database and frameworks including PHP.

Stay up-to-date and explore what’s new.

Runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008

..including popular ASP.NET and PHP web apps from the community.

Web Platform Installer

demo

PHP Support in Windows Server 08 • Integrated support with IIS 7.0 and Fast CGI• CGI and ISAPI was the only supported SAPIs on prior

IIS versions– CGI – Stable but too slow– ISAPI – Fast but not stable

• FastCGI support added in IIS 5.1, IIS 6.0, IIS 7.0– Reliable and fast PHP processing

• WinCache IIS extension (New!)– Increase PHP application performance on Windows by

caching PHP bytecode in memory– Reduce file system I/O overhead by caching the PHP scripts

in memory– Avoid redundant mapping for absolute paths by using

relative file path cache

THE SQL Server for PHP DRIVERThe SQL Server Driver for PHP is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications deployed on the Windows platform.

Support for SQL Azure

Support for PHP version 5.3

Support for UTF-8

SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 includes

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• PHP SDK for Windows Azure Storage

• Toolkit for PHP with ADO.NET Data Services

• IE8 Webslices & Accelerators for PHP

• Silverlight for PHP

• PHP-SQL CRUD Application builder

• Silverlight CRUD Application builder

• Live Maps PHP Toolkit

• Live Messenger Tutorial

www.interoperabilitybridges.com

PHP Interop Projects

PHP Interoperability with Microsoft TechnologiesA bunch of stuff

WISP/WAMP/WASP

Windows LAMP

Web Applications(DotNetNuke, MOSS etc.)

Web Apps (Drupal, Joomla,

Wordpress)

PHP runs on Windows

Platform

Application

Microsoft Web PI

Microsoft-PHP Interoperability Bridges

Drupal, Wordpress, etc.

PHP SQL CRUD Application Wizard

• Overview – A code generator that creates

a simple "Create, Read, Update, Delete“ (CRUD) PHP application from a Microsoft SQL Server database table.

• Features– Code generator build in .NET– Creates PHP code and classes

to support:• Data Navigation,paging, sorting • UI customization with simple

CSS

• Project site: – http://sqlcrudphpwizard.codeplex.com/

Logical architecture BrowserHTML

Web application

Web Server

PHP Runtime

Your PHP Code

CRUD Php Classes + CSS

Code generator (Windows Application)

Reads data table structure

Generates CRUD PHP classes

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HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

Scale up and down seamlessly

Maximize resource utilization

Leverage your language and skills to build cloud-based applications, including PHP

Windows Azure offers a simple, reliable, and powerful platform for the creation of web applications and services

What is ?

• It is an operating system for the cloud• It is designed for utility computing• It has four primary features:– Service management– Compute– Storage– Developer experience

+ FastCGI

• Windows Azure now supports– The FastCGI module

• PHP enabled via xcopy deploy of PHP runtime binaries

– And, the IIS7 URL rewrite module to enable friendly URL’s with PHP apps

• Use PHP while realizing the benefits of Windows Azure– Automated service management

• You define the rules and provide your code• The platform follows the rules: deploys, monitors, and manages your

service

– A powerful service hosting environment• All of the hardware: servers; load balancers; …

– Scalable, available cloud storage (via REST)• Blobs, tables, queues, …

– Developer Experience: Simulated cloud environment

+ FastCGI

PHP Runtime

PHP SDK for Windows AzureLogical architecture

• Overview– Enables PHP developers to take

advantage of the Microsoft Cloud Services Platform – Windows Azure.

– Open source project being contributed to Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com)

• Features– PHP classes for Windows Azure Blobs,

Tables & Queues (for CRUD operations)

– Helper Classes for HTTP transport, AuhN/AuthZ, REST & Error Management

– Manageability, Instrumentation & Logging support

• Project site: – http://phpazure.codeplex.com/

Deployment scenarios

PHP SDK for Windows Azure

Blobs, Tables, Queues

Manageability, Instrumentation,

logging

Helper for Http, Auth, REST, Error

Your PHP application

Compute Storage Manage

REST

Any internet connected Server

PHP RuntimeREST

REST

Upcoming demo: ImageCloud architecture

WebRole

Worker Role

Table Storage

Blob Storage

Queue Service

Computation Services

Storage Services

End Users ImageCloud

PHP on Windows Azure

demo

Some announcements…• Eclipse “next-generation experience” on Windows 7

project– Jump lists– Taskbar integration– Look and feel for Java apps

• Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse for PHP developers– www.windowsazure4e.org– Includes phpazure.codeplex.com (PHP SDK)

• Windows Azure SDK for Java developers– www.windowsazure4j.org

• Eclipse tools for Silverlight– www.eclipse4sl.org

Let’s Revisit: Why Microsoft? • Microsoft has a thriving ecosystem of over 6 million active ASP.NET

and .NET developers (and building a strong base of PHP developers building on Windows and IIS)

• Open Source developers have expressed the desire to build applications on Windows and distribute them through a Windows Web Application Gallery; we have a community ready

• Offering the most current Windows Web Platform will ensure your ability to meet our customers needs as we drive demand for our platform

• Microsoft has an expansive marketing channel and comprehensive guidance to help you take advantage of the pipeline and meet those customer expectations

A Call to Action

• Try out the Web Platform Installer & Gallery!– http://www.microsoft.com/web/

• Did we mention it’s all FREE?

• Come meet us at UX@Vitra – 25th Novemberhttp://bit.ly/uxvitra

Resources• IIS.net/php• SQL Server Driver for PHP• Windows.php.net• PHP on Windows Training Kit• Windows Azure Training Kit• www.interoperabilitybridges.com• MSDN Blogs (interoperability)• Channel 9• PORT 25• www.codeplex.com • http://php.miniprojects.org/

THANK YOU!