Lifes in Sydney

Now I am realising how hard the life is. How cruel the world is. I was never so alone as I am now.
I have everything yet i have nothing. I am happy to be in new land and sad I lost the purpose to be here. Relative and Friends shows enimity and strangers are god sent saviour. Though harder it seems lifes here. I have to be positive, create new dreams and find a new meaning of life. Life continues regardless of chosen path. In darkness or in a blistering midday sun, life finds a motion.
So still surving & fighting the for the better cause the future holds for me.

Drupal Issues on Window Server 2008/Vista SP1 and IIS7

Early monday morning my phone started ringing. It was a recruiter. He was saying my client in Sydney CBD is looking for Drupal Expert. He asked couple of questions..I was saying yes yes yes.. drupal.. no problem..I will have some sample sites ready by the week.

I am expert in PHP and I have hands-on experience with Joomla on responsibletravelnepal.com but I never had an oppurtunity to work in Drupal. Anyway being PHP Geek, I know i can quickly grab anything if its related with PHP. So, I did some googling, downloaded Drupal and bought some books on Drupal (Pro Drupal Development & Learning Drupal 6 Module Development) and video tutorial from Lynda (Drupal Essential Training), I spend around two days reading and watching.

I installed Drupal 6 on my Laptop. It has Vista SP1 and IIS 7. Installation was very simple and smooth. I was smiling thinking it easy. I tried adding Users but it was not registering. I tried creating Blocks again in vain. I copied it to my apache server and It worked fine. I had absolutely no idea what was happening but at least I know its IIS7 issues. I Google for the solutions and found out that FAST CGI module in IIS7 sets the REQUEST_URI server variable incorrectly. Microsoft has released an update to fix this bug (KB 954946).

I installed it and now it’s running well. I also installed Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7.0 (x86), which allows .htaccess to work correctly. I found the following sites useful. Check em:

1. Using Drupal with Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7
   
   
2. Using URL Rewrite Module

I liked Prado as its is Delphi Style Coding. Sice

Starting to Review PHP Frameworks

I have been searching for the ultimate PHP Framework that suits my style. Thats easy, lean learning curve, supports OOP, MVC, modules, multi DB and templates.

I have downloaded the following PHP Frameworks:

Akelos, CakePHP, PRADO, Symfony, Zend, ZooP, CodeIgniter, Seagull, PHPDevShell

I have started reviewing PRADO. I will review each soon and will publish the result.