IIS 7/7.5 – Configuring PHP via FastCGI on Windows Server 2008 R2

PHP is a fantastic dynamic programing language which runs great on IIS, but can be a bit slow at times. Traditionally PHP runs on IIS either as an ISAPI extension or as a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program, running PHP via FastCGI can be a great way to improve performance depending on your application. In this video I demonstrate how to manually setup and configure PHP via FastCGI using PHP 5.5.4 on IIS. You’ll want to make sure you use the Non Thread Safe version of php!

Links:
PHP – http://windows.php.net/download/
C++ Redistributable – http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

For more info on the configuration, php.ini and screenshots check out my blog post:
http://robwillis.info/2013/09/iis-77-5-configuring-php-via-fastcgi-on-windows-server-2008-r2/