Matthew Turland has posted about his experience working with a Windows XP system trying to get PHP 5.2 and SQL Server 2000 to play nicely together:

Recently at work, I was tasked with finding a method to retrieve data from a third-party SQL Server 2000-based system into our own MySQL-based application. It's worth noting that both system are behind their own firewalls and I was trying to bear security in mind as I did this.

Some highlights of his work included using GoToAssist to get to the system, using EMS SQL Manager to work with the SQL server itself and some of the PHP code he "threw at it" to grab the info he needed from the database (with the PDO drivers).

Richard Davey has a quick post noting the update of his WAMP Guide (a step-by-step method for installing Apache/MySQL/PHP on a Windows XP machine).

Just a short entry to let everyone (and the search engines) know that I've updated my comprehensive WAMP guide so it now covers PHP version 5.2.3. I always had a help file on how to upgrade to 5.2.3 at the end anyway, but now that 5.2.3 is officially released I updated the core guide to reflect this.

This tutorial is a "comprehensive guide to installing and running Apache 2.2.4 with PHP 4.4.7 and PHP 5.2.3 on Windows XP. It covers all of the steps in detail with lots of screen grabs so you can follow the process visually."

Richard Davey has a quick post noting the update of his WAMP Guide (a step-by-step method for installing Apache/MySQL/PHP on a Windows XP machine).

Just a short entry to let everyone (and the search engines) know that I've updated my comprehensive WAMP guide so it now covers PHP version 5.2.3. I always had a help file on how to upgrade to 5.2.3 at the end anyway, but now that 5.2.3 is officially released I updated the core guide to reflect this.

This tutorial is a "comprehensive guide to installing and running Apache 2.2.4 with PHP 4.4.7 and PHP 5.2.3 on Windows XP. It covers all of the steps in detail with lots of screen grabs so you can follow the process visually."

On the CorePHP blog today, there's a new how-to posted dealing with the installation and configuration of a Windows XP system running Apache 2, PHP4 and PHP5.

I'm very happy to announce that I've just released my comprehensive guide to installing, configuring and running Apache 2, PHP 4.4.7 and PHP 5.2.2 on Windows XP. The guide is broken down into small manageable sections and contains over 50 screen shots of the entire process, so you won't go wrong while following it.

The guide helps you set up a Windows XP machine with all of the needed software, including the setup of a virtual host to make switching back and forth between PHP4 and PHP5 simple.

On the CorePHP blog today, there's a new how-to posted dealing with the installation and configuration of a Windows XP system running Apache 2, PHP4 and PHP5.

I'm very happy to announce that I've just released my comprehensive guide to installing, configuring and running Apache 2, PHP 4.4.7 and PHP 5.2.2 on Windows XP. The guide is broken down into small manageable sections and contains over 50 screen shots of the entire process, so you won't go wrong while following it.

The guide helps you set up a Windows XP machine with all of the needed software, including the setup of a virtual host to make switching back and forth between PHP4 and PHP5 simple.

In an effort to try to help others out there with the same issue, Felix Geisendorfer has posted this new entry after solving an issue he was having with Windows XP, Apache, and PHP - specifically an output problem when using the functions like fread/fpassthrough/readfile/etc resulting in incomplete output.

I'm doing this post because I hope that Google will index it, and the next person hitting the issue will find my blog this way, so he doesn't have to go through the same issues that had to deal with.

He gives some of the "official" symptoms that he saw and the seven step simple process that he followed to correct the situation.

In an effort to try to help others out there with the same issue, Felix Geisendorfer has posted this new entry after solving an issue he was having with Windows XP, Apache, and PHP - specifically an output problem when using the functions like fread/fpassthrough/readfile/etc resulting in incomplete output.

I'm doing this post because I hope that Google will index it, and the next person hitting the issue will find my blog this way, so he doesn't have to go through the same issues that had to deal with.

He gives some of the "official" symptoms that he saw and the seven step simple process that he followed to correct the situation.