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Posted by Chuck Anderson on 11/03/98 11:29
kurt.krueckeberg@gmail.com wrote:
>I am considering going with the ISP Dreamhost because they offers both
>php4 and php5 support. However, I recently learned php4 runs as a
>regular CGI by default. This can be change, so it will runs as an
>Apache module. But if you want to run php5, you must run as PHP-CGI.
>Dreamhost states there are:
>"There are a FEW VERY MINOR drawbacks to running PHP-CGI. They are:
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Not sure what their problem is. My host (Page-zone) runs Php as a CGI
module.
(I don't know if they offer Php5 anywhere yet, but I don't need it. I'm
sure they will in good time.)
> * Custom 404 pages won't work for .php files with PHP-CGI.
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I have no such restriction. Custom 404 pages work as they should.
> * Variables in the URL which are not regular ?foo=bar variables
>won't work without using mod_rewrite
>(example.com/blah.php/username/info/variable).
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This seems to work also (I can access them from the REQUEST_URI global).
> * Custom php directives in .htaccess files (php_include_dir
>/home/user;/home/user/example_dir) won't work.
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The alternative on my server is to put them in php.ini files in any
directory I need them in.
> * The $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] variable will return the php.cgi
>binary rather than the name of your script"
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Works as expected on my server.
>But are these really minor drawbacks? What if, for example, you really
>do need to override a php directive? Any feedback would be appreciated.
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>
Try using a php.ini file
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