Re: Portability of PHP from windows to Linux

seth wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am new to the open source environment. We have to develop a web
> application using Apache/PHP/MySQL on Windows (A component that we want
> to use is available only on Windows for now). Later when the component
> is available on Linux, we would like to move the code.
>
> The web application is a simple one - collects data, does some simple
> validations and stores in the database.
>
> I would like to know how portable the code will be. Do we need to
> rewrite a lot of code when we move from Windows to Linux? What are the
> issues I need to be aware of?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> seth

If it is simple what is the component that will only work on Windows?

It is usually the case that all of the really nifty components are more
readily available on Linux, because PHP is really just an interface into
the many libraries available on that platform.

--
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)
.

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