Need help to select hosting server platform (IIS or Linux) for PHP-MySQL website

[kra1978]

Hello,

 

My website is developed and designed using PHP-MySQL on Windows Server 2003 (IIS) platform.

 

Now, I am going to host my website on the server so I want to know that

 

Should I get hosting server with PHP-MySQL & Windows Server 2003 support?

 

Or

 

Hosting server with PHP-MySQL & Linux can work for me without any problem?

 

Please reply so I can decide for what I should do.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

[jackpf]

Linux is way better than windows.

1. more stable

2. more secure

3. probably a whole load of other things

[MadTechie]

0. Wrong Section!.. (this is the wrong section to post this)

 

1. I develop one window and have a *nix Server (at home and as my host), the reason is not only cost but thats a factor,

2. problems when moving from windows to *nix,

3. *nix is more secure, so your need to update the permissions for any folder you wish to write to.

4. Paths (this shouldn't really be a problem but remember

4.1. *nix path's windows  = these/are/my/folders

4.2. windows path's = these\are\my\folders

5. *nix is case-sensive, (this is the biggest pain for me, i wish i could make windows case-sensive)

5.1 hello.jpg is not the same as Hello.jpg in *nix but is the same in windows.

 

Hope that helps