Re: php as cgi script

Thanks very much to all, Ok, I understand now.. so I need to install php as a cgi oppose to the module apache. Do you have some good page that can help me to configure and compile correctly the php as cgi? Thanks in advance, Kisses, Ivone --- Kelly Hallman <khallman@ultrafancy.com> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Nicole Lallande wrote: > > Ivone -- > > You are using a PERL invocation for php. PHP > scripts begin <?php > > #! is not a perl invocation, it is a Unix convention > to tell the shell > which program should be used to process the file > contents. If you are > running PHP as a CGI from a webserver, chances are > good you do want > #!/path/to/php as the first line, and <?php on the > next line. > > I don't think you can pass a flag like > #!/usr/bin/php -q though, and I > doubt you would want to, since you still need to > send the headers upon > first output. If you did not send headers and just > started outputting, the > server would return a 500 Internal Server Error. > > The directory you're running it from needs to have > ExecCGI permission > (i.e. /cgi-bin/) and assuming no special setup has > been done, you probably > want to start the file off with that #! line as > mentioned above. Also, you > may want to try naming the file .cgi > > > the # sign is a comment in PERL - not in PHP. > > # also denotes a comment in PHP. Though #! is not a > comment, per se. > (However, if you feed the file directly to some > interpreter like perl, it > does have the benefit of being ignored as a > comment.) > > > To run php as cgi you need to install the php cgi > version (as opposed to > > the apache modular installation.) That will allow > you to run cgi > > scripts on the command line. > > CGI stands for common gateway interface, which is > the interface between a > web server/request and some external program, so it > has little to do with > the command line. However, to run PHP from the > command line, you do need > to run it with the "CGI version" of PHP. The > question did not specify > needing to run PHP from the command line, but as a > CGI by the webserver. > > -- > Kelly Hallman > // Ultrafancy > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/