Thank you for that very fast response Yehuda. Surprised that the PHP docs don't seem to have anything equivalent to that Wiki.
Regards, John ===================================== On Wednesday 29 March 2017 20:47:22 Yehuda Katz wrote: > The Apache wiki has a rundown of options: > https://wiki.apache.org/httpd/php Plenty of people still use mod_php > and it has been updated to work with HTTPD 2.4 and PHP 7. > > - Y > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 8:49 PM, John Iliffe <john.ili...@iliffe.ca> wrote: > > Reading several sources there is conflicting information as to what is > > the preferred way to implement PHP scripts. It appears that mod_php > > (how we do things now) is deprecated so I would like to take > > advantage of a server change to do things "right". > > > > The documentation on mod_fcgid seems to stop in 2013 with the release > > of version 2.3.9, so I assume that this is no longer considered to be > > a good approach. > > > > The link to mod_fastcgi on the Apache documentation page leads to a > > static billboard page for Chelsea Networks with no links and a last > > maintained date in 2002, so it doesn't seem to be current either. > > This page says to use Netscape to view it (?) > > > > mod_proxy_fcgi seems to be in current use, but right up front is the > > caveat that there is no starter for the script. My guess would be > > that some sort of a wrapper is required to insert the path to the > > executable, but no documentation has appeared so far. > > > > Using mod_proxy_fcgi also raises the issue of what to proxy to. The > > PHP installation (version 7.1.3) includes a php-fpm module but the > > documentation for it on the PHP web site is rather sparse - ie non- > > existent. A Google search comes up with a web site php-fpm.org, but > > the last entry on the news page is 29 Nov, 2011. Doesn't sound like > > this is the preferred path! The support link here says "Wiki is now > > offline, sorry. > > Use PHP 5.3.3+ now, and use php.net!". This is a very back level of > > PHP! > > > > So, how is the best way to proceed? > > > > As always, thanks to those who will respond. > > > > Regards, > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
