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On 11/9/2011 12:19 PM, Brian FitzGerald cried from the depths of the abyss:
> Hey all,
>
> I have been attempting to develop PHP on a windows laptop and then
> deploy to a production Linux server.  The problem I'm running into is
> apparently PHP doesn't run well on windows dev environments... ?

There are some limitations, but I wouldn't go as far as saying PHP 
doesn't run will on dows..

> Is there a patch or something you can install on Windows to clear
> this up?  What do you guys do?  Does everyone do development on
> laptops running Linux, or what?

Get Virtual Box, or VMWare Workstation installed on your laptop. 
Install a virtual host exactly like you production Linux server.  Use 
your windows box (if you feel you must) to do you dev on the virt machine.