Due to the required getaddrinfo() function in Ws2_32.dll added to Windows XP SP2 and later.
The minimum Windows version is now Windows XP SP2; Windows XP SP1, 2000, 98, ME, and NT4 are no longer supported.
See: http://bugs.php.net/48761
Changes to the Windows releases:
Windows support has been added for the following functions:
Other changes:
Support for the ISAPI module has been dropped. Use the improved FastCGI SAPI module instead.
Note: A new dedicated site for PHP on Windows is now available, including downloads, release candidates, and snapshots in various flavors (thread-safe/not-thread-safe, VC6/VC9, x86/x64). The URL of this site is ยป http://windows.php.net/.
Due to the required getaddrinfo() function in Ws2_32.dll added to Windows XP SP2 and later.
The minimum Windows version is now Windows XP SP2; Windows XP SP1, 2000, 98, ME, and NT4 are no longer supported.
See: http://bugs.php.net/48761
Fast CGI is available for IIS6. Reading the IIS website (which is more appropriate since it is server specific) yields plenty of results regarding PHP setup under the fastCGI module. They even have an entire domain associated with PHP.
Note: links were denied because they were supposedly spam? Everything you need to know is linked at the beginning of this site: http://php.iis.net/
Well worth the effort to set up fast cgi on windows. No more lockups with php or 40 procs running...and 1 killing IIS. Some PHP INI vars can't be overriden in your php files, so read up (like timeout). 8 months and no more locked up iis.