How to run php on CGI

[hakim]

Hi,

I need some information ?

How I can run my project (Php) on CGI.

Thanks.

[hakim]

How to run php on CGI

Hi,

I need some information ?

How I can run my project (Php) on CGI.

Thanks.

[Tony Marston]

Re: How to run php on CGI

Configure Apache to run with the CGI version instead of the SAPI version.

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"hakim" <s_abdelhakim@h otmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I need some information ?
>
> How I can run my project (Php) on CGI.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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[steve]

Re: Re: How to run php on CGI

"Tony Marston" wrote:[color=blue]
> Configure Apache to run with the CGI version instead of the SAPI
> version.
>[/color]

Question (for curious minds): Why would you run it as CGI, what are
the advantages?

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[Andy Hassall]

Re: How to run php on CGI

On 14 Aug 2004 14:08:44 -0400, steve <UseLinkToEmail @dbForumz.com> wrote:
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>"Tony Marston" wrote:[color=green]
> > Configure Apache to run with the CGI version instead of the SAPI
> > version.
> >[/color]
>
>Question (for curious minds): Why would you run it as CGI, what are
>the advantages?[/color]

Most of the advantages are double-edged sword type things:

Isolation from the webserver process (can't take down Apache if there's a
major bug). But this comes with overhead in creating and destroying processes.

You get more options as to the effective userid that the CGI script runs as,
though, since it's a separate process and could be setuid to another user - if
it's part of the Apache process, you can't do that.

Resources get released back again after it runs, so it's not holding onto
memory if the CGI script is only run sporadically. But if its run regularly,
it's got to aquire and release the resouces over and over.

There's things like FastCGI that work towards a midpoint between in-process
modules and per-request spawned CGI processes. This page has a brief discussion
of pros and cons:

http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fastcgi-whitepaper/fastcgi.htm

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[steve]

Re: Re: How to run php on CGI

"Andy Hassall" wrote:[color=blue]
> On 14 Aug 2004 14:08:44 -0400, steve
> <UseLinkToEmail @dbForumz.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >"Tony Marston" wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > Configure Apache to run with the CGI version instead of the[/color][/color]
> SAPI[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > version.
> > >[/color]
> >
> >Question (for curious minds): Why would you run it as CGI, what[/color]
> are[color=green]
> >the advantages?[/color]
>
> Most of the advantages are double-edged sword type things:
>
> Isolation from the webserver process (can’t take down Apache if
> there’s a
> major bug). But this comes with overhead in creating and destroying
> processes.
>
> You get more options as to the effective userid that the CGI[/color]
script[color=blue]
> runs as,
> though, since it’s a separate process and could be setuid to
> another user - if
> it’s part of the Apache process, you can’t do that.
>
> Resources get released back again after it runs, so it’s not
> holding onto
> memory if the CGI script is only run sporadically. But if its run
> regularly,
> it’s got to aquire and release the resouces over and over.
>
> There’s things like FastCGI that work towards a midpoint
> between in-process
> modules and per-request spawned CGI processes. This page has a[/color]
brief[color=blue]
> discussion
> of pros and cons:
>
> http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fa...er/fastcgi.htm
>[/color]

Ok, got it. Thanks, Andy.

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