Ruslan's Blog

WinCache Extension 1.0 for PHP – Release to Web

2009-11-19T19:01:05Z

The Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – RTW is available for download. This is a final, production-ready release that is provided under an open source BSD license with the source code hosted and maintained on http://pecl.php.net/packages/wincache/ . Install the Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – RTW To install the Windows Cache Extension for PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3, use the download links at the extension’s home page at http://www.iis.net/expand/WinCacheForPhp . The installation...(read more)

IIS Documentation Updates on PHP.NET

2009-11-10T19:18:44Z

PHP.NET web site is known for its well written and very detailed documentation. The excellent content together with tons of user contributed notes has made the PHP.NET the primary place for getting the help on all PHP related questions. However there was one thing in the PHP docs that was still not up-to-date. The Windows and IIS-specific installation and configuration sections did not cover the latest changes in Windows, such as IIS 7 and FastCGI. Now I am glad to let everyone know that this part...(read more)

URL Rewrite Module v2 – Release Candidate

2009-11-09T18:42:00Z

The URL Rewrite Module 2.0 – Release Candidate is available for download . The release contains functionality and stability improvements and it is believed to have a quality level suitable for production deployments. Overview Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 is an incremental release that includes all the features from version 1.1 , and adds support for outbound response headers and content rewriting. More specifically, it can be used to: Replace the URLs generated by a web application...(read more)

Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – RC

2009-10-20T05:45:47Z

The Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – Release Candidate is available for download. The release contains functionality and stability improvements and it is believed to have the quality level suitable for production deployments. Install the Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – RC To install the Windows Cache Extension for PHP 5.2 and PHP 5.3, use the download links at the extension’s home page at http://www.iis.net/extensions/wincacheforphp . The installation with Web Platform...(read more)

Enable PHP Syntax Highlighting on IIS 7

2009-10-07T04:57:49Z

This post describes how to configure IIS 7 to output syntax highlighted source code for PHP files stored on the web server or site. This feature may be useful for development environments when you want to quickly make the source code accessible to other team members. WARNING: Never attempt to do what is described below on any internet accessible web site! Doing so will greatly compromise the security of your web application. The HTTP requests for the PHP source code are usually identified by the...(read more)

Windows Cache Extension for PHP and CPU usage

2009-09-03T00:17:49Z

The FastCGI module in IIS has a configuration setting maxInstances , which controls the number of concurrently running php-cgi.exe processes that IIS creates to process PHP requests. To achieve optimal performance, it is recommended to fine tune this setting for your specific environment starting with 8-10 instances per CPU core (e.g. maxInstances=32 for quad-core CPU). The Windows Cache Extension for PHP can be used to improve performance of PHP applications running on Windows operating systems...(read more)

Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP – Beta

2009-09-01T17:10:37Z

Today IIS team has released the beta of the Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP . The Windows Cache Extension for PHP is a PHP accelerator , that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on the Windows operating systems. Any PHP application can take advantage of the functionality provided by the Windows Cache Extension for PHP without any code modifications. All that is required is that the extension is enabled and loaded by the PHP engine. Install the Windows Cache Extension 1.0...(read more)

New release of Silverlight Player for WordPress

2009-08-15T22:11:56Z

Today I have published a new release of the WP Silverlight Media Player plugin for WordPress. In addition to a few important improvements and optimizations, it contains a new feature that allows to track the number of times the video files have been watched and how many of those have been watched until the end. Once you install or upgrade to this version of the plugin you should see a new menu group in the WordPress Dashboard: From that menu you can get to the Statistics page where you can see how...(read more)

Visual Studio XML IntelliSense for URL Rewrite 1.1

2009-08-13T21:05:44Z

If you ever tried to write or modify rewrite rules in web.config file by using Visual Studio 2008 XML Editor, you may have noticed that the Visual Studio XML IntelliSense does not work for all URL Rewrite Module configuration elements. This is because the XML schema for <rewrite> element is not registered in Visual Studio Schema Cache . This post provides the instructions on how to register URL Rewrite schema with Visual Studio to enable IntelliSense support. To enable IntelliSense support...(read more)

URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 – Beta

2009-07-16T22:46:11Z

Today IIS team has released the URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 – Beta. This is an incremental release that includes all the features from version 1.1, and adds support for outbound response rewriting. More specifically, it can be used to: Replace the URLs generated by a web application in the response HTML with a more user friendly and search engine friendly equivalent Modify the links in the HTML markup generated by a web application behind a reverse proxy. Fix up the content of any HTTP...(read more)

Per-site PHP configuration with PHP 5.3 and IIS

2009-07-11T07:05:27Z

About a year ago I wrote an article about how to enable per-site PHP configuration on IIS with FastCGI . The instructions in that article required some non-trivial manipulations of IIS and FastCGI configuration settings. At that time it was one of the primary options for enabling per site php.ini support (other option was to use the htscanner extension for PHP ). Now, with PHP 5.3 final release available , it is much simpler to implement the same configuration because PHP 5.3 has built-in support...(read more)

FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – RC

2009-06-24T22:38:07Z

Today IIS team has released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – Release Candidate. This version is based on FastCGI Extension 1.0 and it adds several important improvements and features. The release is believed to have a quality level suitable for production deployments. Install the Release Candidate of FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 or, download: FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – RC (x86) FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 –...(read more)

Upgrade to WordPress 2.8 and PHP 5.3 on IIS 7

2009-06-12T06:46:56Z

Today I have upgraded my blog to the recently released WordPress 2.8 and to PHP 5.3 RC3 (VC9 Non Thread Safe build). If you are running WordPress (or any other PHP application) on IIS 7, then there are several reasons why it may be beneficial for you to upgrade: PHP 5.3 has a number of Windows-specific bug fixes and improvements that address stability and functionality problems which existed before when running PHP on Windows. For detailed list of all the changes and fixes, refer to the news.txt...(read more)

IIS 7 URL Rewrite Module support in WordPress 2.8

2009-05-16T07:41:00Z

I am pleased to let everyone know that WordPress development community has added a built-in support for IIS 7 URL Rewrite Module in the upcoming WordPress 2.8 release. Starting with version 2.8 the Permalink Settings page will allow you to easily configure “ pretty permalinks ” URL structure when WordPress is running on IIS 7 with URL Rewrite Module v1.1 installed. Here is how the process of updating Permalinks structure will look like in WordPress 2.8 on IIS 7: Go to Settings –> Permalinks page...(read more)

Silverlight Media Player for WordPress – Update

2009-04-26T06:33:00Z

Since the Silverlight Media Player plugin for WordPress was published in January 2009, it has been downloaded more than 900 times . It is being used in many web sites all over the world – here are just a couple of examples: Tribord Amure par Matthieu and Os Taekwon-do Klubb . Today, a new update of the plugin has been released. This update makes it even easier to add video content to your blog posts and pages. Download the latest version of the plugin from here: WP Media Player . The biggest improvement...(read more)