Apache :: Prefork

Arch Stanton · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 10

Is it possible to enable prefork in Apache 2 for Windows?

James Blond

No, there is no mpm module for that. Caused by the different architecture of Windows, there is no need for prefork. Multithreading and Handles are working fine.

Arch Stanton · Joined: 19 Dec 2005 Posts: 10

So, it's safe to use Apache 2.x with PHP in Windows then? I thought it wasn't because it didn't offer prefork.

James Blond

Sure you can use Apache 2.X for Windows. The question is: what you want to do with that server. For commercial use, me, myself and I won't use Windows, but for development or intranet Apache von Windows works fine.
Any other questions?

oxalide · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Hi,

you say that you can't use prefork on windows...but i found a link saying the oposite, could you please explain me why it is not possible to use prefork ?

http://www.ced.univ-montp2.fr/php/php5_doc/install.windows.apache2.html

TY,

James Blond

prefork is a technik for systems without threading. Windows can threading (more than one process at one time) so Windows realy not need preforking. For that see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/mpm.html#defaults

oxalide · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

Yes i get that, but i have a client that need to do benchmark with prefork activated.....So i have to compile it on windows...so i did it but without prefork....so i wanted to know if it is possible and how to compile with the prefork mpm and non winnt ??

James Blond

Ok, now I got you. Yes somewhere in the code or the project definition is set which mpm the compiler choose. Under Linux I would use --with-mpm=prefork as argument for the configure script. Please ask in the Building with Visual C ++ for that.