[Xitami] PHP/perl as non-CGI

Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:06:31 -0500

	Did you remember to stop/start the server ? It may not be reading the
config file. It may be configured to re-read every 60 seconds, etc.

	But, as I said, this is not ISAPI, it's CGI. For that (CGI), either you use
the PHP MSI install to have it all done automatically, or by hand like this:

1) Add this to the end of c:\xitami\defaults.cfg

[Filter]
php=c:\php\php.exe

[Mime]
.php=application/x-httpd-php3


2) Restart the server

	(which assumes you already have PHP installed, under c:\php)

	I just saw that ISAPI for Xitami is still a beta - see
http://www.xitami.com/addons.htm


marcio

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org
> [mailto:xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org]On Behalf Of Peter
> Sent: December 6, 2001 11:49 AM
> To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
> Subject: Re: [Xitami] PHP/perl as non-CGI
>
>
> Good thought but still nothing. I still get a blank page (source)
> hmmm I'll
> keep at this I know I'm missing something basic. I also tried setting the
> extention .php to c:\php\php.exe
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
> charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
> <BODY></BODY></HTML>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcio Marchini" <mqm@magma.ca>
> To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:31 AM
> Subject: RE: [Xitami] PHP/perl as non-CGI
>
>
> >
> > If it is just serving the file instead of executing it, add this to your
> > defaults.cfg:
> >
> > [Mime]
> > .php=application/x-httpd-php
> > .php3=application/x-httpd-php3
> >
> >
> >
> > I've had the same problem with regular CGI stuff.
> >
> > marcio
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org
> > > [mailto:xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org]On Behalf Of Peter
> > > Sent: December 6, 2001 11:09 AM
> > > To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Xitami] PHP/perl as non-CGI
> > >
> > >
> > > I've spent the morning trying to get php running as ISAPI without
> > > any luck.
> > > It sure looks like it should work the set-up is very similar
> to another
> > > server I use. I don't seem to be getting any errors Xitami is
> > > servering the
> > > test page but it is not processing the script.
> > >
> > > The FAQ says:
> > >   1.. First off, make sure Xitami is installed and running.
> > >   2.. Next, download and install the PHP binary distribution into some
> > > directory. We'll assume it's c:\php.
> > >   3.. Add '.php=c:\php\php.exe' to the Filter section of the Xitami
> > > confguration.
> > >   4.. Rename the PHP initialisation file, 'php3.ini-dist' to
> > > 'php3.ini' and
> > > copy it into the Windows directory. Don't bother trying to
> set the PHPRC
> > > environment variable, because this does not seem to work.
> > >   5.. Edit the ini file and change the 'extension_dir' setting to
> c:\php.
> > >   6.. Now test PHP by hand with a small test page, by running it in a
> > > command window, in the Xitami directory:
> > > c:\php\php webpages\test.php
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Marcio Marchini" <mqm@magma.ca>
> > > To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 10:28 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [Xitami] PHP/perl as non-CGI
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > As far as I know Xitami has LRWP, not FastCGI. LRWP is not
> > > FastCGI, but it
> > > > is very similar. "The protocol between Xitami and the LRWP Peer is
> much
> > > > simpler than the FastCGI protocol, and therefore less prone to
> > > > implementation differences or errors. However, given the right
> > > circumstances
> > > > it is possible to run the same program as both a LRWP Peer and a
> FastCGI
> > > > Peer with only minor differences in the startup code. "
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So, you'd have to write your own C adapter to be a
> LRWP/FastCGI server
> &
> > > > link to the PHP/Perl interpreter.
> > > >
> > > > What I've seen in PHP (and probably Perl) under Win32 is that
> > > they support
> > > > the Microsoft way of doing things (ISAPI or something like
> > > that), which I
> > > > don't think Xitami supports ? Anyway, under PWS (Personal Web
> > > Server) and
> > > > IIS you can probably enable them in this faster mode (ISAPI).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Again, maybe by now Xitami supports ISAPI, but I don't think so. I
> think
> > > > they don't because they want to be OS-portable, and ISAPI would be
> > > > Windows-specific. I could be wrong.
> > > >
> > > > Zope (www.zope.org) has a regular, thin CGI which then talks to
> > > Zope on a
> > > > specific port. So, if you configure Zope behind Apache, you use this
> > > > small&fast CGI which gets loaded/unloaded for every
> request, but it is
> > > > fast/small. It then opens a connection to Zope on a given
> > > socket, and they
> > > > exchange data, and the little CGI passes the bytes back to
> > > Apache. This is
> > > > another option, but you'd have to write the little CGI yourself
> > > and leave
> > > > the PHP or Perl interpreter running, listening for requests
> on a port
> > > (like
> > > > a Java servlet engine, etc). The advantage of this compared to an
> apache
> > > MOD
> > > > is that it is portable across web servers. You can run Zope
> > > behind any web
> > > > server just by porting this tiny CGI to the new platform.
> LRWP, on the
> > > other
> > > > ahnd, is Xitami-specific. MODs are Apache-specific. ISAPI is
> > > > Windows-specific. The Zope solution is very portable with a small
> > > > performance penalty (lightweight CGI + sockets). There's no
> > > ideal solution
> > > > :-)
> > > >
> > > > But Zope is designed to be a server & listen on a port, while
> > > the PHP/Perl
> > > > interpreters aren't. That's why they need more work, like a C code
> that
> > > > links to teh interpreter & does the glue work. It would be nice
> > > if Xitami
> > > > supported ISAPI.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry I don't have good news. Hope this helps a bit. Note that I may
> be
> > > > wrong in some points, it's been a while since I looked into this.
> > > >
> > > > marcio
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org
> > > > > [mailto:xitami-admin@lists.xitami.org]On Behalf Of Vardhan Varma
> > > > > Sent: December 5, 2001 11:04 PM
> > > > > To: 'xitami@lists.xitami.org'
> > > > > Subject: [Xitami] PHP/perl as non-CGI
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >  Hi,
> > > > >   I've searched the archive, and while the question of
> PHP and PERL
> > > > > as non-CGI (fastcgi/WSX etc and not seperate process executed
> > > everytime)
> > > > > has been raised many time, there has
> > > > > been no post telling 'yes i've done it and here is the url'.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anybody has PHP/perl running as non-CGI in Xitami ?
> > > > > If yes, are they willing to share the patch .
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --Thanx
> > > > > --Vardhan
> > > > >
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