[PHP] php .vs cgi app..

2004-07-14 Thread bruce
hi.. a really general/basic question... what is the difference between a cgi app and a php app.. does it really come down to where the app is being run from.. i mean within apache, if i specify that php/perl/etc... app resides at a given location, and that files with a certain extension are to

RE: [PHP] php .vs cgi app..

2004-07-14 Thread Vail, Warren
Message- From: bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] php .vs cgi app.. hi.. a really general/basic question... what is the difference between a cgi app and a php app.. does it really come down to where the app is being run

Re: [PHP] php .vs cgi app..

2004-07-14 Thread Ciprian Constantinescu
As I know, if you run PHP as a module for Apache is faster than running as CGI. Also Python scripts can be run as a module(faster) or as CGI. The main disadvantage for Python as a module is that you don't get all the facilities of CGI. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To

[PHP] PHP vs CGI ???

2003-09-19 Thread Scott Fletcher
Hi! I have a question. Someone said that PHP is CGI, that kind of turned my head because PHP is not like that. But I can see one thing, PHP can be compiled as either a 'Shell-Scripting-Language', 'Webserver Component' or 'Both'... PHP would be a form of CGI if it is used as Shell

RE: [PHP] PHP vs CGI ???

2003-09-19 Thread Donald Tyler
Fletcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] PHP vs CGI ??? Hi! I have a question. Someone said that PHP is CGI, that kind of turned my head because PHP is not like that. But I can see one thing, PHP can be compiled as either

Re: [PHP] PHP vs CGI ???

2003-09-19 Thread Scott Fletcher
said that its always better to use the Apache Module version. (apparently its much more stable and secure) -Original Message- From: Scott Fletcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] PHP vs CGI ??? Hi! I have

Re: [PHP] PHP vs CGI ???

2003-09-19 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Scott Fletcher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Looked through all of those 11 README files and they don't say much about it. Traditionally php had two modes: 1. module 2. cgi/commandline the cgi/commandline could be used interchangably. Now there are three modes: 1. module 2. cgi

Re: [PHP] PHP vs CGI ???

2003-09-19 Thread Robert Cummings
PHP comes in three major compilations: module, CGI, and CLI. The module only works for web server (that I know of) and is the fastest way to serve PHP based content from a web server. CGI can be run for either the shell, or from the web server. There is a performance hit when run from the web

[PHP] PHP vs. CGI

2003-03-05 Thread SpyProductions Support Team
Does PHP use less system resources than CGI on a server? I have a bulletin board which is incredibly active, but there is a PHP sister to it. Thanks, -Mike -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] PHP vs. CGI

2003-03-05 Thread Leif K-Brooks
CGI meaning perl? SpyProductions Support Team wrote: Does PHP use less system resources than CGI on a server? I have a bulletin board which is incredibly active, but there is a PHP sister to it. Thanks, -Mike -- The above message is encrypted with double rot13 encoding. Any unauthorized

RE: [PHP] PHP vs. CGI

2003-03-05 Thread Mike At Spy
Sorry, yes. :) -Mike -Original Message- From: Leif K-Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP vs. CGI CGI meaning perl? SpyProductions Support Team wrote: Does PHP use

Re: [PHP] PHP vs. CGI

2003-03-05 Thread David T-G
Mike -- ...and then SpyProductions Support Team said... % % Does PHP use less system resources than CGI on a server? Now that we know that by 'CGI' you mean 'perl' we're at least getting *somewhere*. We don't really know what you mean, though, so I''ll see if I can fill out the truth table for

Re: [PHP] PHP vs. CGI

2003-03-05 Thread John Taylor-Johnston
Three advantages I like: 1- no more cgiwrap. 2- thus I can work in any directory and am not bound to cgi-bin 3- Sheer ease of coding. A lot easier to learn, it's open-source and newsgroups are more helpful. Perl groups are less helpful, programmer centred and not newbie-friendly. Just my 2ยข --

Re: [PHP] PHP vs. CGI

2003-03-05 Thread michael kimsal
John Taylor-Johnston wrote: Three advantages I like: 1- no more cgiwrap. 2- thus I can work in any directory and am not bound to cgi-bin 'being bound to cgi-bin' is a function of how the server is set up, not 'cgi' itself. I've worked on systems where anything ending in .cgi was treated as a cgi

[PHP] PHP vs CGI Search ?

2001-08-24 Thread KPortsmout
Hi, I know this question has been asked many times before so I am not asking again :-) What I am asking is how I can search the forum, is there a web based system that I can use to search??? TIA Ade -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP] PHP vs CGI Search ?

2001-08-24 Thread Thomas Deliduka
On 8/24/2001 10:54 AM this was written: I know this question has been asked many times before so I am not asking again :-) What I am asking is how I can search the forum, is there a web based system that I can use to search??? Well, there's a Newgroup: news.php.net There is an archive on