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Can I bypass a web host's mod_php with a
separate, private PHP running as CGI?
Background, host won't upgrade its mod_php.
I may need 5.2.9 bugfixes, depending.
They won't mind if I do it, but won't help.
They're nonprofit.
The question is whether it's possible.
I have shell access, but not root; assume
no sysadmin help or opposition. I have
gcc from shell. OS is RHEL of some flavor.
Their Apache offers mod_cgi.
I'd rig a copy of PHP 5.2.9 to run as
pure CGI. I'm fine with the slowdown.
I may be adventuresome and try 5.3.0 RC.
This host expressed terror at a minor
upgrade, PHP 5.2.6 to 5.2.9, which
it termed a "MAJOR system change"
- their SHOUTCAPS, not mine.
User disruption was the worry claimed. Yet
they routinely do mass notices/reboots for
kernel upgrades, MX change, etc. Go figure.
So I reckon best to use a custom PHP
behind their Apache 2. Then I can leave
them alone.
There are other motivations, like PECL
modules which they wouldn't install for
lack of manpower, they said.
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