How stable is php with asp on iis5?

[jarvster]

I have an iis5 server running a few asp sites at the moment. I am thinking of installing php isapi on the server so I can run php also.

Does anybody currently use this set-up and is it stable. It seems fine on the development server here, but I want to know if it will be stable on a live webserver with traffic.

Thanks.

[wardbekker]

You can stress test your websites with a tool like the Web Application Stress Tool from microft. [msdn.microsoft.com ]

That way you can see if your development server can handle the expected load.

[jarvster]

Yeah - it's not so much load as whether they will run side by side. I was just wanting to know if others had used this setup.
But I will look at the stress tool also.

Thanks.

[JuDDer]

One of my Windows servers has both PHP and ASP installed and I've had no probs at all.

[wardbekker]

jarvster,

After some reading: the module from PHP 4.1.2 is not incredible stable, but enough for non-critical systems. When this module crashes, in most cases a restart of IIS is needed. This crash doesn't affect ASP and other ISAPI modules.

more Here [groups.google.com]

[jarvster]

Thanks guys for the info. I guess I'll try it on the live server. I have version 4.2.3 and I am going to do the manual install so if I do have any severe probs I can just remove the isapi filter etc. and reboot!