Thanks a lot. # but I dont think I need to do this if I dont switch my DB server !!!
and, # what to do regarding the php.ini file? Do I have to manually transfer all the settings by examining the old and new ones or how to go about it? Regards, Abhi -----Original Message----- From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Abhimanyu_bhola Subject: [PHP-DEV] Re: migrating PHPs across machines... Hello, Abhimanyu_bhola wrote: > Suppose I want to migrate PHPs from a Linux/Apache machine to an IIS > box(having PHP installed) > > What needs to be done apart from physically copying the files??? > what needs to be done to the php.ini file??? You may need to migrate any database code if you switch database types. If you may need to do that in the future, you may want to start thinking of using a database abstraction package that lets you write database independent code so you don't have to rewrite much (any) code. In that case, the best option for you is Metabase. Besides allowing you to write database independent code, it also allows you to define and install database schemas using a database independent schema description files all based in XML. If some day you decide to move, you may just ask Metabase to dump the database schema and all the data stored in it to a XML file that you can use to reinstall in a new database type and carry on with you application as if nothing was changed. AFAIK, nothing provides this facility, not with PHP nor anything else, not even Java. Metabase is freely available from here: http://phpclasses.upperdesign.com/browse.html/package/20 Regards, Manuel Lemos -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************** This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient/s and may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION. Any review or reliance by others or copying or distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard is appreciated. ************************************************************************** -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
