Good points. If compiled as a CGI, PHP can run standalone just fine. I've used it for a couple of email scripts. However, it's not really designed for that.
I've been known to run multiple copies of Apache on a single machine. Also, the Stronghold model (i.e., running a small server on a different port) could be done with PHP. I like the idea of a dedicated program rather than html, though I already have firewall issues with Stronghold. I _have_ used ssh and port forwarding to run the Stronghold config server (and also the Dynamo Admin server) over the firewall. Works fine. At 6:12 PM -0000 5/3/98, Rich Roth wrote: >So do I, but that still is not controlling the server itself. What >happens if the new configuration has a problem -- the gui won't be >foolproof (as much as we'd like it to be), now you are dead. Also, how to >you get started in the first place - makes bootstraping a whole extra >effort. > >I know PHP runs both as a mod_php (which is what we do) and as CGI -- can >it run totally stand-alone ?? > >> and other server applications. But I think Java on both server & client is >> best (as long as I can run it on the Mac's perennially-late-jdk). > >I have mixed feelings about Java -- too much setup (esp, as to having the >right set of support class libs) and still too flaky for me.
