On Fre, 2002-11-01 at 04:34, iudicium ferat wrote: > Was looking over a new server install and I see: > > php4-cgi for DEBIAN > ---------------------- > > This package contains both runtime and cgi versions of php4. > > php4-cgi and apache > ------------------- > > If you want to use php4-cgi in apache > 1) activate mod_action > 2) add > Action application/x-httpd-php /cgi-bin/php4 > into apache config file > > Problem with php4-cgi > --------------------- > > Q: PHP Fatal error: Unable to start session mm module in Unknown > on line 0 > > A: Remove /tmp/session_mm.sem or give access permission to the user > running php4. > > > Wouldn't having the php4 binary in the CGI-BIN be as dangerous as > having the Perl binary there ? > What be the advantage of having enabled php4-cgi anyway?
php in cgi mode is used by isp's for reasons like a crash in php in php-cgi mode does not chrashes the web-server, and some others. there have been some problems with sessions with php on sparc machines till version 4.2.3 (?) I think. bye -- Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz, University of Applied Sciences Esslingen, Germany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |

