Tariel,
Would not this mean that in this case it's not a CGI solution any more but a "regular" f MC running Stack that listens to some port and behaves like web server? Something like mchttpd.mc stack that Scott Raney put together and Andre later enhanced? If this is the case, what PHP adds to it other than robustness and reliability ?
Yes - it is a lot like mchttpd. Using PHP as an intermediary buys you a few things which may or may not be important to you: 1) You don't have to open another port to the outside world, since the incoming connection is just coming through your web service (port 80) 2) With PHP, you don't have to manage your own incoming HTTP headers - PHP does this automatically with the $_GET and $_POST variables.
Other than that, it's mostly personal preference - but I feel better with PHP handling the connection to the outside world to let the existing web server do the heavy lifting.
In other words, is PHP absolutely necessary for such a solution or not ?
Not at all! I personally prefer it, but it can certainly work without. - Brian _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
