Posted by DarkAngel on 10/22/05 19:14

Chuck Anderson wrote:
> 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:
>>
>>
>>
> 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.
>>
>>
> 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).
>>
>>
> 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.
>>
>>
> 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"
>>
>>
> 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.
>>
>>
> Try using a php.ini file
>
i've tried using a php.ini in a web root, but still i can't have
register_global turned on for that site

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