If someone wants to run PHP scripts for other purposes then dynamic web
content, say to act like shell scripts, then you'll want to have it be
compiled as a CGI...so, its more than just the windows thing...
-jack
Plutarck wrote:
>
> The only reason I am aware of to use PHP as a CGI is on Windows. Both apache
> and the php module for windows apache is considered "beta quality", so most
> people don't want to install beta software on their production machine.
>
> But just on my local system I've never had a problem with PHP as CGI. I
> honestly thought I had PHP as a module until I re-read my phpinfo, lol. And
> I assumed that NuSphere would install it as a module...;)
>
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> Should be working on something...
> ...but forgot what it was.
>
> "Franklin Hays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > RE: PHP as a CGI or Module
> >
> > This has been discussed some but I am interested to see if one is more
> > popular then the other. My experience has been most people run PHP as a
> > apache module but is there a specific benefit to run it as a cgi
> > program? What about very large servers such as web hosts? I am currently
> > wrestling with some issues (apaches global variables) that aren't working
> > with php -cgi and wonder if this is a common occurance with php-cgi or
> > just a misconfiguration on the hosts end. Does one version serve the
> > pages faster or provide less overhead on the server?
> >
> > I have read a few FAQ's on this but interested to see what is happening in
> > the real world. Is one form more popular then the other?
> >
> > //frank
> >
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