Alright, Alright, I'll install IIS7 this week, I promise.
On Nov 17, 6:17 pm, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I assumed he was trying to use PHP under IIS.
>
> On Nov 17, 2007 5:06 PM, Wayne Fay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I run Apache plus Cake and Mysql on Windows all the time. And servers
> > are generally Apache on Linux. I change the config file at the start
> > of a new project, sync the rest over during development, and
> > everything just works.
>
> > Wayne
>
> > On 11/17/07, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I say slap WAMP on there and call it a day :D.
>
> > > Sorry dude, it does suck.
>
> > > On Nov 17, 2007 2:19 PM, Christopher E. Franklin, Sr. <
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi, John. Thanks for the reply and I totally agree with you on this
> > > > one but, the descision was made based on an idiot in Indiana who
> > > > already signed and payed 2.5 million to Microsoft to come in and
> > > > revamp our whole communications network from Great Plains accounting
> > > > servers to all TV channel and newspapers web sites to be transferred
> > > > to a server farm in the middle of no-where. The requirement is that
> > > > the site can easily be copied from our directories to thiers lol!
>
> > > > Yes I do need a new job lol! This pays crap especially for
> > > > California. This company pulls in 175 mil profit a year (this is a
> > > > subsidary) and I barely make double min wage. It sucks but, it's the
> > > > only work I can find that deals with computers. The alternative is
> > > > installing alarm systems for Brinks or something in attics at 120
> > > > degrees. Until I finish with my Bachelors, I am stuck.
>
> > > > On the error, it seems that once I port over Cake to IIS6, uncomment
> > > > the correct line in core.php and clean out tmp, it still will not load
> > > > components and helpers. Some load, some do not. Namely the Session
> > > > component, Cookie component and the Html helper.
>
> > > > Doing some tests in app_controller in the beforeFilter() method, I
> > > > tried to manually load all sorts of helpers and components. Those in
> > > > particular stop the site dead in it's tracks.
>
> > > > Another peculiar thing, if I uncomment the App.baseUrl config in
> > > > core.php I get an error about the cake_logger not knowing what
> > > > LOG_ERROR is, even though it is clearly defined in core.php. (This is
> > > > from a fresh cake install).
>
> > > > I will say this, I am at home right now on my laptop that has Vista
> > > > and looking at IIS7, I can get a fresh install of cake to work
> > > > complete with the urls looking like this: index.php?url=/controllers/
> > > > controllerMethod/params1
> > > > But, when I put my BFS (Big F***** Site) up there, I get the same
> > > > errors about cake not being able to load components, helpers, models
> > > > and controllers. Works fine on Apache with mod_rewrite, sucks on IIS
> > > > with nothing.
>
> > > > I am also hoping that since, IIS7 has HttpRedirect module built in to
> > > > it, I can get something going that is sort of like mod_rewrite. /shrug
>
> > > > Here's to hoping I can get something going this weekend.
>
> > > > On Nov 16, 3:16 pm, "John David Anderson (_psychic_)"
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > On Nov 16, 2007, at 4:00 PM, Christopher E. Franklin, Sr. wrote:
>
> > > > > > I have been working with CakePHP for about a year now and have
> > written
> > > > > > a company website in that year that totals in about 150MB of
> > combined
> > > > > > PHP code. This whole time, I have been using MySQL, Linux, and
> > Apache
> > > > > > to do my coding and testing but, recently, the corporate
> > higher-ups
> > > > > > issued a mandate that all web servers are going to be IIS(6/7).
>
> > > > > > Upon hearing this, we installed Windows Server 2003 RC2 w/ IIS6.0and
> > > > > > tried to port over the cake code. Low and behold, it doesn't work.
> > Not
> > > > > > just a little bit but, in a bad way that the site stops dead in
> > it's
> > > > > > tracks from not being able to load select components and helpers
> > such
> > > > > > as , Session, Cookie, Html, Javascript, etc.
>
> > > > > You're gonna need to provide a lot more details for some help.
> > But...
>
> > > > > > Today is my 3rd day fighting with this and my question is sad now
> > > > > > because, my manager wants me to abandon cake alltogether. So,
> > that's
> > > > > > going to be 1.1 years worth of code, down the tube unless I can
> > get
> > > > > > Windows IIS working with Cake (with or without re-write).
>
> > > > > ...let me get this straight.
>
> > > > > 1. Freaking huge web application works on current platform (150MB of
> > > > > code - is that like 5 or 6 million lines? I hope I'm reading that
> > > > > wrong).
>
> > > > > 2. Suits make unilateral decision to use a new (and imho, sub-par)
> > web
> > > > > server.
>
> > > > > 3. When problems arise, rather than go back to what works, your boss
> > > > > wants to rewrite the aforementioned freaking huge web application.
>
> > > > > > So, the question:
> > > > > > Since I have followed every single tutorial I could find on the
> > web
> > > > > > about installing Cake on IIS for the last 3 days (this includes me
> > > > > > testing if I could just put Apache on Windows which does not work)
> > I
> > > > > > really have no other choice but to switch frameworks.
>
> > > > > Sounds to me like what you need to consider switching... is your
> > job.
> > > > > Honestly.
>
> > > > > Execs that make really bad decisions, and a boss that wants to keep
> > > > > them happy by ditching a year plus of code? I don't think the choice
> > > > > of PHP framework is the problem. :)
>
> > > > > > Does anyone know of a pretty close match to CakePHP that WILL work
> > > > > > with IIS? Doesn't have to have rewrite. I just need something
> > that I
> > > > > > can fairly easily port this code over to in about 2 weeks time.
>
> > > > > I suppose short term you might want to hire someone who can consult
> > on
> > > > > that-or offer more details-but seriously. Make someone over there
> > see
> > > > > some reason.
>
> > > > > $0.02
>
> > > > > -- John
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