Re: [cobalt-users] PHP, Apache, MySQL issue

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daren Cotter <darenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> NOTE: I AM trying to install PHP as a module, because right now it's a
> standalone...I believe the reason it is (since this is not the default way
> to install)

Actually, the default PHP install method is the standalone (CGI) method.  Most
people don't use the default, though.

> is because ChiliSoft ASP Interpreter is running on the box.

I've never touched ChiliSoft so can't be certain, but I can't think of any
reason why Chilisoft would care how PHP is installed.  PHP is usually installed
as a standalone b/c the person installing it requires that PHP scripts be
executed as the user who owns the files instead of as user httpd (the user
Apache and module PHP run as).  I do install PHP as a standalone when I need to
use PHP to directly modify files owned by root, I want to use PHP to run
[non-web] scripts from the commandline or I want use cron to schedule PHP
scripts to be run without sending a request out over the internet from the
server back to itself (with module PHP you need to do this b/c otherwise the PHP
scripts won't be parsed by Apache before your local browser, typically lynx,
retrieves it).  And PHP module version and PHP standalone version can happily
coexist as long as they are each mapped to different file type extensions (like
.php4 -> module and .php -> CGI).

This probably doesn't help much with your situation, but I just wanted to ensure
that you and everyone else reading are informed.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}