Re: [Devil-linux-develop] webserver and php (was Re: Embedded Devil Linux (was Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Re: uClibc))

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > I'm also not sure that Apache is necessary.  It would be nice to get by
> > with a smaller web server that supports PHP.  I don't think the web
> > interface needs many of the advanced features offered by Apache.
> > But, I could be wrong.  I've only have experience with Apache ...
> 
> FWIW Axis, known for their webcams running Linux, uses the boa web
> and PHP3 on their webcams
> see http://developer.axis.com/software/apps/index.html (boa)
>      http://www.axis.com/techsup/faq/index.cgi?id=21155 (php3)
> 
> So that must have really small memory footprint then.

And according to boa.org, thttpd is "very similar to Boa", and I see we
already have thttpd in DL...

PHP can be compiled as a standalone CGI program, so it should work with 
any web server that supports CGI.

 - BS