On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 05:03:16AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote: > 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.
It's also used for non-apache web servers that want to serve php. a
