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Integrating PHP with Windows

Access and run Windows web and database technologies with PHP

Take your PHP programming skills deep into Windows - and build PHP applications that run efficiently and effectively on an array of Windows technologies. Packed with hands-on exercises, this in-depth guide shows you how to use PHP to interact with Internet Information Services 7.5 (IIS), Microsoft SQL Serverr 2008, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and Active Directory. You´ll quickly learn how to apply best practices for running PHP applications in a Windows environment.

Discover how to:

• Use Microsoft SQL Server as the backend database for PHP applications
• Set up full-text search on SQL Server to help users find data quickly
• Improve PHP application performance with IIS caching techniques
• Configure IIS to help secure your PHP applications against attacks
• Manage users and groups in Active Directory with a PHP application
• Create a PHP LDAP browser to search for and view Active Directory data
• Program Exchange Server with PHP, using Exchange Web Services (EWS)

The Table of Contents of "Integrating PHP with Windows":

Internet Information Services (IIS)

• Chapter 1: Setting Up the Work Environment
• Chapter 2: IIS Architecture
• Chapter 3: Configuring IIS
• Chapter 4: Configuring PHP
• Chapter 5: Security
• Chapter 6: Caching
• Chapter 7: URL Rewrite
• Chapter 8: Error Messages and Error Search

SQL Server

• Chapter 9: Setting Up SQL Server
• Chapter 10: Databases and Tables
• Chapter 11: Working with SQL Server
• Chapter 12: PHP and SQL Server
• Chapter 13: Advanced Database Functions
• Chapter 14: Users and Permissions

Active Directory

• Chapter 15: Setting Up Active Directory
• Chapter 16: LDAP Basics
• Chapter 17: Searching in Active Directory
• Chapter 18: Writing in Active Directory

Exchange Server

• Chapter 19: Setting Up Exchange Server
• Chapter 20: Exchange Web Services
• Chapter 21: Email and Exchange Web Services Basics
• Chapter 22: Contacts and Search
• Chapter 23: Calendar and Impersonation

• Appendix: Example Scripts and Data
• Appendix: About the Author

About the Author Arno Hollosi:

Arno Hollosi works as coordinator in the University Department for Information Technologies and Business Informatics at CAMPUS 02, Graz, Austria. After studying telematics, he worked at the Institute for Applied Data Processing, where he focused on cryptography, PKI, and XML. Later, he worked as the technical lead of a special task force at the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria, where he was responsible for the IT strategy, and later as a systems architect and quality manager for Siemens international projects.