[dokuwiki] Re: Using Dokuwiki with Cygwin/Apache/PHP

  • From: Andreas Gohr <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:07:26 +0100

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:31:16 -0800 (PST)
Jeff Berman <spamact@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've installed it as a test onto my Windows XP PC, using XAMPP to
> provide both Apache and PHP.  Everything works great, except I'm a
> little frustrated by having to use semicolons (;) to separate
> namespaces instead of colons (:).  I understand that this is a
> limitation of Windows.

I recommend rewriting and the useslash option.

> Well, now I'm ready to install Dokuwiki onto a new PC and put it into
> production.  We're required to use Windows, but I was thinking about
> using Cygwin to install Apache and PHP in the hopes that this would
> get around the semicolon issue.  Also, perhaps it would create a more
> "native" environment for both Apache and PHP (and Dokuwiki?).

Cygwin will probably be more complex to set up and I'm not sure it
solves the semicolon problem. AFAIK the problem with the colon is
caused by the file system (FAT or NTFS).

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