Re: [cgiwrap-users] Cgiwrap PHP

[Brian A. <ba...@no...>]

Here is an informal how-to I wrote after I set up cgiwrap and php 
recently.  Much thanks goes to Nathan Nuelinger for the pointing out the
decisive step of compiling with --enable-discard-path.

Download cgiwrap and set that up.  I already had cgiwrap set up to wrap
cgi scripts, but I did upgrade to the latest version.  Get this working
first with some simple cgi script tests. (BTW: Options you may find
helpful include --with-cgi-dir and --with-httpd-user)

Download the latest version of php and configure it as a cgi binary, not
as a module.  Basically, if you run ./configure with no options, php will 
be compiled as a cgi binary.  (To set it up as an apache module, which you
don't want to do if you want to wrap your scripts, you have to explicitly
say ./configure --with-apache.)

Before you compile php, however, and this is crucial, configure php with
the option --enable-discard-path which allows you to move the php binary
out of the web tree and into /usr/local/bin (which adds security), but
more importantly it allows you to use php with cgiwrap properly.

To summarize, you need to run ./configure --enable-discard-path plus any
other options you may desire, and place the php binary in /usr/local/bin.

Finally, you need the #!/usr/local/bin/php line at the very top of every
php script you write.  Then call the php script with cgiwrap exactly as
you would call a cgi script.  For example:

        http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/<username>/<phpscript>

Let me know if you have any questions.
Brian


On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Roberth Edberg wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there any document who describes how to get cgiwrap working with php
> scripst on an apache server?
> 
> \Rob
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Brian Allen
University of Maryland University College
Unix/Internet Systems Programmer
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