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eAccelerator binaries for PHP 5.x (windows builds)

Submitted by chris on April 26, 2006 - 01:39
For the Windows eAccelerator for php 5.3+ visit our new page at:eAccelerator binaries for PHP 5.3+.

Updated: eAccelerator download using latest code (0.9.5.3 with PHP 5.2.9).

Please find following the compiled binaries of eAccelerator for Windows using Microsoft VC++ 6. For PHP 4 versions: eAccelerator binaries for PHP 4.x.
If you need a version not offered here, let us know (post comment).

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Apache Rotatelogs.exe for Windows Server

Submitted by chris on January 27, 2006 - 12:14
When using the Apache tool, rotatelogs.exe, you can see (using the task manager) multiple instances of rotatelogs.exe. Even when using it on just 1 web site!
To make this issue even more disastrous when restarting the Apache (httpd.exe), not all instances of rotatelog.exe are released.
Doing some research on the web it looks like this issue has been going on since years (Apache 1.3, 2.0 and now 2.2....).
Note: I've verified this issue with both Apache 2.0.55 and 2.2.0

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eAccelerator binaries for PHP 5.3+ (windows builds) Part 2

Submitted by chris on August 14, 2010 - 18:19
For the Windows eAccelerator for php 5.x (pre PHP 5.3) visit :eAccelerator binaries for PHP 5.x (pre 5.3).

eAccelerator download using latest code (0.9.6.1 with PHP 5.3.3).

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Setting up PHP as Fast CGI (FCGI) under Apache

Submitted by chris on November 29, 2006 - 04:22

1) Download the Apache mod_fcgi module: http://fastcgi.coremail.cn/

2) Configuration in your Apache httpd.conf:
a) LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so

b.1) <Directory "C:/Apache2/htdocs/php/">
    SetHandler fcgid-script
    Options execCGI

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APC binaries for PHP 5.x (windows builds)

Submitted by chris on September 7, 2006 - 00:55

Updated: APC download using latest code (3.0.12p2).

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Running IIS and Apache on the same server

Submitted by chris on January 19, 2006 - 14:50

You can not have two services offered on the same ip and port numbers.
On the same server, different services (IIS and Apache) need a unique IP/Port combination.

1) IIS might be binding to all ips on port 80. This has been the standard behavior of IIS since many years. So to run Apache with IIS, you first need to make sure IIS does not bind (i.e. listen) on all ips. The following article will help you disable IIS 6 from automatically binding to all ips on the Windows 2003 Server.

Before IIS6 (i.e IIS5), you simply had to set the metabase property "DisableSocketPooling" to true (and that was it).
For details on doing this see: Disable socket pooling on IIS5

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Protect your Vbulletin config.php using a .htaccess under Apache

Submitted by chris on May 24, 2006 - 01:21

The following step(s) will help protect your config.php used by VBulletin even if php stops working.

1) This step might be optional for most. Since I do not use .htaccess files "normally", in my sites configuration file (that is then included in the http.conf for Apache).
I added the directives:
<Directory "E:/DomZeus/sitebuddycom/wwwroot/board/includes">
AllowOverride FileInfo Options Limit
</Directory>

This will enable .htaccess in that folder and permit the usage of "order" directive.

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