testing server IIS or Apache?

[gemoon]

One of my clients has recently changed to their hosting from win 2000 to an apache server. Their site will now be using php and mysql.

I currently have IIS installed and runing as a local testing server. I was using this to test asp with ms access. I am trying to decide how to proceed on setting up my testing server with php and mysql capabilities. Should I stick with my IIS or should install apache? Will there be issues with using a local IIS testing server and a remote apache server. Do php and mysql work the same on both server types?

Thanks in advance for any advice
Ed

 

[ChrisHirst]

php is php and MySql is MySql no matter what the host system.

If you are testing on Windows and production is on *nix be aware of the case issue. Where *nix is case sensitive, windows isn't.

Also if you need to use any settings in the Apache config files you will end up testing on the production server, without a local Apache server running.

Chris.

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