# PHP server for Win2K Server?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/php-server-for-win2k-server/173223
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 5, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/php-server-for-win2k-server/173223 "2003-05-05T17:42:20Z")
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### Author: ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/php-server-for-win2k-server/173223/1 "2003-05-05T17:42:20Z")

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Has anyone used a PHP server for Windows2K Advanced server? (I know everyone is going to say ditch the M$ S\*\*\* and go to linux :rolleyes: )

I also heard that the ASP server can run PHP with the right modules.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Thanks

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### Author: ![micco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@micco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/micco)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/php-server-for-win2k-server/173223/2 "2003-05-05T18:05:44Z")

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I have used PHP/Apache on WinNT. I haven’t used it on Win2K, but I’ve run Apache servers without PHP on Win2K and assume PHP would work fine. I’ve run these side-by-side with IIS so one responds to port 80 and the other 8080.

If you want to run PHP under IIS (the MS server that runs ASP), you can use either CGI or ISAPI. Details here:  
[http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.iis.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.iis.php)