RE: [cgiwrap-users] Cgiwrap PHP

[Neulinger, N. <nn...@um...>]

I've added this how-to to the FAQ in the cgiwrap package and homepage. It
will be in the next release (but that may be a while).

-- Nathan

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Nathan Neulinger                       EMail:  nn...@um...
University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-4841
Computing Services                       Fax: (573) 341-4216


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Allen [mailto:ba...@no...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 9:21 AM
> To: Roberth Edberg
> Cc: cgi...@li...
> Subject: Re: [cgiwrap-users] Cgiwrap PHP
> 
> 
> 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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