Talk: WP.NET: Running WordPress in .NET CLR and IIS with Phalanger Event: WordCamp 2013 Sofia Speaker: Svetlin Nakov Date: 26-Oct-2013 Learn more at: http://www.nakov.com/blog/2013/10/26/wp-net-running-wordpress-in-net-clr-under-iis-through-phalanger/

1. WordPress.NET
Running PHP and WordPress in .NET CLR and IIS
Svetlin Nakov
Ph.D., Computer Science
www.nakov.com
WordCamp Sofia, 26-Oct-2013

2. Contents
 Phalanger
 PHP Compiler for .NET
 Phalanger Tools
for Visual Studio
 WP.NET
 WordPress running
in Phalanger and IIS
 Integrating PHP and C# Code
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3. Phalanger
PHP Compiler for .NET

4. Phalanger: The PHP Compiler
 Phalanger is
PHP compiler for .NET
 Compiles the PHP code into .NET assemblies
(MSIL code in .DLL files)
 Supports Windows (.NET) and Linux (Mono)
 Phalanger allows:
 Run PHP code in .NET application
 Combine ASP.NET / MVC and PHP code
 Mix PHP with C# seamlessly
 http://www.php-compiler.net
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5. Compiling
PHP Code
with
Phalanger
Live Demo

6. Phalanger Tools
for Visual Studio
Create, Compile, Run and Debug PHP Projects in VS

7. Phalanger Tools for VS
Live Demo

8. WP.NET
Running WordPress in .NET Framework and IIS

9. WP.NET: Running WordPress
in .NET, Phalanger and IIS
 Installing WP.NET
 Install Phalanger from
http://phalanger.codeplex.com
 Download WP.NET from http://wpdotnet.com
 Create a virtual directory in IIS
 Configure Web.config and wp-config.php
 Configure the MySQL DB / run the WP install
 Optionally install IIS_URL_rewrite for IIS
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10. C# Plugin in WP.NET
Live Demo

11. WP.NET Performance
 WP.NET performance on Windows 7 and IIS 7.5
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Source: http://php-compiler.net/benchmarks
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12. Phalanger: Problems
 WordPress 3.7 is
not supported in Phalanger
 Works but is not stable
 Phalanger developer tools for Visual Studio
 Have free limited edition
 E.g. the autocomplete feature is missing in the
free version  costs $149 / year
 The initial
PHP compilation is slow
 WP.NET has long startup time
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13. WordPress.NET
Questions?