RE: [PHP-DEV] php.exe - php-cgi.exe

From: Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 19:32:56 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] php.exe - php-cgi.exe
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Marcus Börger wrote: > There was no cli and only cgi binary called php.exe. > Then we decided to have a command line executable > (abbrevation CLI). And the we decided to use 'php.exe' for > the new CLI and to avoid confusion we chose to rename the CGI > binary from 'php.exe'. So now there will be some books and > other papers and online docs out there which state that > php.exe has to be installed....In other words there will be > users who install CLI as CGI what will lead into errors. Well no offence, but renaming the CGI executable is just plain wrong. The CLI executable should be named php-cli.exe. This seems like such a nobrainer. Am I missing something? Clue me in. Regards Mike Robinson

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