# EasyPhp Vs InstantRails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easyphp-vs-instantrails/96772>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 24, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easyphp-vs-instantrails/96772 "2006-01-24T20:07:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easyphp-vs-instantrails/96772/1 "2006-01-24T20:07:04Z")

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Hi,

I am considering developing in Ruby on Rails but also need to  
keep my local PHP development evironment intact.

I have the following setup

a. Win XP  
b. Easy PHP  
c. Instant Rails

I would ideally like to have EasyPhp and Instant Rails open at the same  
time  
with apache and mysql listening on different ports to avoid conflicts.

I am not extrememly familiar with configuring apache and mysql hence  
easyphp and instantruby!

Can anyone tell me

a. If this is possible  
b. What setting changes i need to do this

Ps. When i have easyphp working and i try to run instantrails,  
instantrails does not  
startup.

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**Author:** ![mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easyphp-vs-instantrails/96772/2 "2006-01-24T20:07:05Z")

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Instant Rails is a fork of EasyPHP. So, you pretty much have all of  
EasyPHP still there.

Curt

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**Author:** ![mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easyphp-vs-instantrails/96772/3 "2006-01-24T20:10:11Z")

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I realized my answer was a little terse. You should be able to do your  
PHP work with Instant Rails. PHP is still there. I just took EasyPHP,  
add Ruby and Rails, and modified the UI for the manager app.

Curt

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**Author:** ![mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easyphp-vs-instantrails/96772/4 "2006-01-24T21:28:56Z")

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Ok,

I’ve done the following:

1. Copied my www folder from EasyPhp into my Ruby on Rails folder
2. Copied my database files in from easyphp\mysql\data to  
ror\mysql\data

Almost everything is working correctly as it did in Easyphp except for  
the following:

- I am getting v. strange errors now when I run my application using  
InstantRails e.g.

Warning: session\_start():  
open(C:/ror\tmp\sess\_2efaaf9eee0ff91337ddc42803bbf647, O\_RDWR) failed:  
No such file or directory (2) in c:\ror\www\myapp\appfolder\login.php  
on line 3

Is InstantRails using an older version of php / msql?  
Would this be causing the above issue?

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**Author:** ![mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mick)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/easyphp-vs-instantrails/96772/5 "2006-01-24T22:08:22Z")

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On 1/24/06, Mick [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> - I am getting v. strange errors now when I run my application using  
> InstantRails e.g.
> 
> Warning: session\_start():  
> open(C:/ror\tmp\sess\_2efaaf9eee0ff91337ddc42803bbf647, O\_RDWR) failed:  
> No such file or directory (2) in c:\ror\www\myapp\appfolder\login.php  
> on line 3
> 
> Is InstantRails using an older version of php / msql?  
> Would this be causing the above issue?

That could be. I picjed up whatever was the current version around May  
or June of last year (I think that was 1.8.0.1).

I don’t really know PHP, so I may not be of much help to you.

Curt