<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP Team Blog : WPI</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/archive/tags/WPI/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: WPI</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>The SQL Server Driver for PHP is now available in the Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/archive/2009/05/14/the-sql-server-driver-for-php-is-now-available-in-the-web-platform-installer-2-0-beta.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9617128</guid><dc:creator>sqlphp</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/comments/9617128.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9617128</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;For those who are not already aware of the Web Platform Installer (WPI), it's a great tool for setting up a Windows machine for Web app development and deployment.&amp;nbsp; You can download the beta of WPI 2.0 or the WPI 1.0 release &lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;PHP itself is available via the WPI 2.0 beta.&amp;nbsp; Installing PHP through the WPI 2.0 beta also automatically configures FastCGI as part of the installation.&amp;nbsp; Mai-lan from the API team has a great blog post &lt;A href="http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2009/04/01/php-installed-using-the-microsoft-web-platform-installer-v2-beta.aspx" target=_blank mce_href="http://blogs.iis.net/mailant/archive/2009/04/01/php-installed-using-the-microsoft-web-platform-installer-v2-beta.aspx"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt; with more information about installing PHP via WPI.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;I'm pleased to announce that the SQL Server Driver for PHP is also now available in the Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 489px; HEIGHT: 383px" title="SQL Server Driver for PHP in Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta" alt="SQL Server Driver for PHP in Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/attachment/9617128.ashx" width=489 height=383 mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/attachment/9617128.ashx"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;David Sceppa&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;Program Manager - Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9617128" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/attachment/9617128.ashx" length="52454" type="image/jpeg" /><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/archive/tags/PHP/default.aspx">PHP</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/archive/tags/SQL+Server/default.aspx">SQL Server</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp/archive/tags/WPI/default.aspx">WPI</category></item></channel></rss>