#25120 [Opn->Csd]: contridictory statements in install.txt

ID: 25120 Updated by: nlopess@php.net Reported By: kingjojo75 at hotmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: win2k PHP Version: 4.3.2 Assigned To: nlopess New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-07 18:29:51] vrana@php.net Nuno is rewriting the install part. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-08-17 16:27:22] kingjojo75 at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ the install.txt doc in the windows binaries distros seem to cover several versions of php and seem to be contridictory. first the file warns that you should not use the sapi modules, then later you are told that the sapi modules are stable and that you should not use the cgi file ("to do so is suicide") perhaps the wording needs to be retooled, but is is confusing as it is. Reproduce code: --------------- please note that the SAPI modules are *NOT* yet considered to be production quality. The reason for this is that the PHP SAPI modules are using the thread-safe version of the PHP code, which is new to PHP 4, and has not yet been tested and pounded enough to be considered completely stable,..... Now that version 4.1 introduces a safer sapi module, we recommend that you configure PHP as a module in Apache.... If you wish to install PHP as a CGI binary, read this first: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-11.html and then if you are really sure, insert these lines to your conf file: ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/" AddType application/x-httpd-php .php Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe" Note, we consider installing PHP like this suicidal. Expected result: ---------------- I would hope for a straight forward install doc specific for the version its packaged with, not an entire history. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25120&edit=1