Re: Why am I getting a CGI error?

I am also having this problem, using IIS4, NT4, PHP 4.0.6. Using the cgi version of php. I had it working last night, but now i get the CGI error again, so i don't know what is going on. Hope someone can shed some light. -Brandon Tanner "Steve "Neo Cerberus" Juhnke" <neocerberus@teamhuh.com> wrote in message news:20010816004505.47784.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I have a friend who is having this same problem - but we have tried it with > multiple pages - and the odd part is that it seems like it is not even > sending the php.exe compiler any data. He is using NT 4.0 IIS4 with 4.0.6 > Php using the .exe itself not the isapi. I have personally had no problems > with my install on NT 4 IIS4 nor 2Kpro running IIS5. > > He has also sent me images of his configuration and everything looks > perfect. This is really something I would not expect ;-) It has to do with > IIS itself, since you can type in the name of a page that does not even > exsist and get the same error you would with one that does! > > Hope there can be a remedy found :o] > - Steve > > > "Flint Doungchak" <Flint@netsolutionsllc.com> wrote in message > > news:A82752B9656BD411AEE7005004632486116CC8@voyager.netsolutionsllc.com... > > Phil, > > > > Thanks for your response. I have gone through the install.txt and made the > > configuration changes. I think you should know that this CGI Misbehaving > > doesn't occur regularly nor on a consistant file. I have the checked the > > check file exists box, and I still get the error (the Misbehaving one), > once > > in a while, rather than the 404 error I expect to get (probably meaning > the > > page is found but something weird happened). I'd say the error might pop > up > > 1 out of 100 page loads. > > > > It looks like it only occurs on pages with MS SQL (not MySQL) db > connections > > (so I'm going to check with Frank to see if has any ideas) AND only if the > > Header (Location: xx/xxx.html) function is used in combination. Gathered > > from others, it doesn't seem to happen in Apache, so it might just be IIS, > > but the MS KB doesn't have anything at all. > > > > There are a lot of people reporting this one on the windows list (some who > > have the PHP.exe or other extentions with wrong permissions or > re-directing > > to a page that doesn't exist). I orginially thought as you did, but, in > > Jeff's case, ours, and many others, this is not true. So there is > something > > going on here and I don't know what it is. > > > > I did run php.exe -i on the command line, and it seems OK. I double > checked > > permissions on all the modules I am using, php.exe and php4dts.dll just in > > case. Nada. > > > > Anyhoo, I'm going to keep working on it. Any ideas from anyone else would > be > > great. > > > > Thanks for all of the effort. > > > > -Flint > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Phil Driscoll [mailto:phil@dialsolutions.co.uk] > > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 4:33 AM > > To: Flint Doungchak; 'Jeff Howard'; php-windows@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Why am I getting a CGI error? > > > > > > On Friday 10 August 2001 20:26, Flint Doungchak wrote: > > > It seems that a lot of us are getting this error and nothing has been > > > resolved. I sent a bug report with information from my IIS logs. > > There is no bug here - it is just incorrect configuration of IIS and/or > > security settings on your php script/php.exe/php4ts.dll/php extensions > > and/or > > the fact that the file you think you are accessing doesn't actually exist > in > > > > the place you think it does. > > > > install.txt takes you through the motions of getting to the bottom of the > > problem. > > > > Cheers > > -- > > Phil Driscoll > >