Posted by user on 05/30/07 22:09

Tom,

Thanks for the reply.

That's part of what I am trying to determine. I have all my development
systems using php without cgi. First I wanted to get some opinions as to
the correctness of using cgi. I believe they (ISP) will allow both ways.
I want to use cgi if it will help my site with security.

The next step is to determine what I will need to change to use cgi.



Tom wrote:

> On Wed, 30 May 2007 01:09:39 GMT, user wrote...
>
>>A web site I am looking at has their php support using CGI and claim
>>that is for security.
>>
>>Is this fact or fiction?
>>
>>tia
>
>
> Lots of web hosing services end up running multiple sites on there servers.
> There's probably a number of combinations to manage proper permissions,
> security, performance, etc. With their setup, the CGI route may be the best way
> to offer PHP to their customers. Are they requiring you to setup your PHP files
> any differently, or was your question just out of curiosity?
>
> Tom

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