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XAMPP, Windows, Apache 1.3, and eZ Publish

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Kevin Shoesmith

Tuesday 27 May 2008 4:52:08 pm

Reading "Requirements for doing a normal installation", I find that I need to use Apache 1.3 when running eZ Publish on Windows.

I've installed XAMPP as a PHP/MySQL localhost staging platform. It comes bundled with Apache 2.2. So I've hit my first snag. LOL.

I've looked here (http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi) and can only find the Unix Source files for 1.3.

If I want to install Apache 1.3 on Windows where do I get the 1.3 files?

Venn - A Small Design Studio
www.venncommunications.com

Maxime Thomas

Tuesday 27 May 2008 11:25:20 pm

Arf, I guess Linux is also the recommendation from eZ Systems.

http://ez.no/ezpublish/requirements

In my opinion, I suggest you, if it is possible, to install either a linux host or a virtual machine (cheaper).

By the way, for your Apache 1.3, it will be difficult to get the sources of this version : Apache Fundation doesn't support it anymore, this is due to performance and stability issues on Windows.

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Gaetano Giunta

Wednesday 28 May 2008 1:11:18 am

Please do use Apache 2.2 on windows. It is much more stable than 1.3, and maintained too. And it has many better features/modules.

In my own experience, the php problems with multithreaded webservers are specific to a very limited set of extensions/function calls. And if you really run into one of those, you can always switch to fastcgi (useful stuff can be downloaded from apachelounge.com).

 

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Kevin Shoesmith

Wednesday 28 May 2008 7:03:33 am

I'll forge ahead and see what happens. Thanks, Gaetano.

Venn - A Small Design Studio
www.venncommunications.com

Daniel Lopez

Monday 02 June 2008 7:59:40 am

For an equivalent setup that works out of the box, you may want to checkout:

http://bitnami.org/stack/ezpublish

It is also free and open source.