PHP portablility between Linux and Windows?

Do PHP scripts run identically between similar versions of the PHP
Interpreter, even if the interpreter is running on either Linux or Windows?

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Out of curiousity, about how much faster?

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"<>" <loopback@44.255.255.255> wrote in message
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>
> I just transferred two sites from a Win2K server to linux. Only 2 changes
> needed:
> * Correct webserver pathing in scripts to reflect linux host
> * The linux box was not returning a value for...
> $_SERVER_['PATH_TRANSLATED']
> ...so I had to set it.
>
> The only difference I see is that the linux box is faster (and I now have
> access to .htaccess).
>
>

> I just transferred two sites from a Win2K server to linux. Only 2 changes
> needed:
> * Correct webserver pathing in scripts to reflect linux host
> * The linux box was not returning a value for...
> $_SERVER_['PATH_TRANSLATED']
> ...so I had to set it.
>
> The only difference I see is that the linux box is faster (and I now have
> access to .htaccess).
>
>
Still it is a good idea to plan some time for checking and maybe fixing
things. I remember having had some problems at such an occasion but I don't
remember with what parts of the scripts; maybe mail functions and stuff like
that.

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"Robert Oschler" <no_replies@fake_email_address.invalid> wrote in message
news:uF9Ra.225$xe.315359@news2.news.adelphia.net.. .
> Do PHP scripts run identically between similar versions of the PHP
> Interpreter, even if the interpreter is running on either Linux or
Windows?

As a whole most PHP scripts will run fairly cross-platform on any system
that supports PHP. However, keep in mind that if you do any command
execution or other system specific stuff you might have to rewrite that part
of the script when you move platforms. Aside from that you should only have
to change your paths. I'm developing and testing on a Win98 SE machine and
production is on a RH 7.1 server. I've had no problems at all.

HTH,
Anthony