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DIVE INTO PHP ON WINDOWS AZURE

Maarten Balliauw

http://about.me/maartenballiauw

http://blog.maartenballiauw.be

@maartenballiauw

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WHO AM I?

Maarten Balliauw Antwerp, Belgium www.realdolmen.com Focus on web

ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, PHP, Azure, … MVP Windows Azure (formerly ASP.NET)

Fun: interop! PHPExcel, PHPLinq, PHPMEF,

Windows Azure SDK for PHP, ...

http://blog.maartenballiauw.be @maartenballiauw

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AGENDA

A brief history... PHP on Windows PHP on Windows Azure

Hello, PHP on Windows Azure Popular apps on Windows Azure

Wordpress Drupal

What about my apps? Conclusion Q&A

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A BRIEF HISTORY...

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PHP ON WINDOWS

Has always been a great joke! Until Microsoft saw this*:

*pure speculation that this is the actual reason for jumping on PHP on Windows

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SO THEY STARTED WORKING ON A STACK

Linux PHP stack Linux Apache MySQL PHP (Memcached / APC)

Windows PHP stack Windows IIS 7+ SQL Server PHP (Memcached /

WinCache)

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THE PAST 2-3 YEARS...

IIS added FastCGI support (& URL rewriting) Creation of SQL Server DB extension (PDO!) PHP core optimizations WinCache extension for PHP Web Platform Installer A lot more...

No longer a joke! Pretty easy to use once you know the stack

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PHP ON WINDOWS AZURE

Windows Azure has always advertised it’s open to any language

True: it’s just Windows, SQL & REST But no real “PHP-ish” support for Windows Azure

specifics

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UNTIL... MARCH 14, 2009

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THE RESULT?

Windows Azure SDK for PHPhttp://phpazure.codeplex.com

Support for: Working with all types of storage (blobs, tables, queues) PHP specifics such as session handling Support for the management API

Create a new host from PHP code Manage storage accounts from PHP Create a SQL Azure DB server ...

Command-line tooling To use the mgmt capabilities To package and deploy

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SO HERE’S YOUR NEXT STACK

Windows PHP stack Windows IIS 7+ SQL Server PHP (Memcached /

WinCache)

Windows Azure PHP stack Windows (Azure) IIS 7+ SQL Azure PHP (Memcached /

WinCache)

Plus easy access to all Windows Azure related options

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HELLO,PHP ON WINDOWS AZURE

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MOST BASIC USAGE

Get http://phpazure.codeplex.com or PEAR it Get your commands ready

Scaffolder Run –out=“c:\temp\helloworld” Package Create –in=“c:\temp\helloworld”

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demoHello, Windows Azure

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POPULAR APPS ON WINDOWS AZURE

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SCAFFOLDING

Generate a baseline PHP on Windows Azure structure Can be extended and plugged

Wordpresshttp://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/how-to-deploy-wordpress-using-the-windows-azure-sdk-for-php-wordpress-scaffold

Drupalhttp://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com/articles/how-to-deploy-drupal-to-windows-azure-using-the-drupal-scaffold

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demoWordPress on Windows Azure

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WHAT ABOUT MY APPS?

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Windows Azure!= all-or-nothing

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HOW DO YOU DEVELOP YOUR APPS TODAY?

Typically on a local development machine Remember this one?

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MEET SHORTENR...

URL shortening service 3 use cases

Shorten URL Navigate to URL Track # clicks

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demoBuilding shortenr

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demoDeploying shortenr

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WAS THAT A NICE EXPERIENCE?

15min+ to deploy Creates a fresh VM Installs fresh components on it Deploys your app on it Guarantees a clean state & easy recovery

Does not really feel like what I’m used to...* Phpstorm.com Orchestra.io

* I prefer short deploys whilst devving, 15min for prod isn’t that bad

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ANY ALTERNATIVES?

Sure! http://waawebroles.codeplex.com/ http://smarxrole.codeplex.com

Or a real PaaS solution for PHP built on Windows Azure by http://webspecies.co.uk

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PHP-AS-A-SERVICE?

PHP Windows Azure SDK for

PHP

Windows Azure Management API

SQL Azure Management API

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demoDeploying shortenr using WebSpecies Azure+

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CONCLUSION

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CONCLUSION

Windows Azure = rich set of platform components

Use at will! It’s an extra option

A lot of tools are out there ...but a lot is also to be done

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RESOURCES

Starting pointhttp://azurephp.interoperabilitybridges.com

Windows Azure SDK for PHPhttp://phpazure.codeplex.com

Windows Azure Learning Planhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/silverlining/archive/2011/09/29/a-php-on-windows-azure-learning-plan.aspx

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Q&A

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Maarten Balliauw

http://about.me/maartenballiauw

http://blog.maartenballiauw.be

@maartenballiauwThank you!