Re: PHP and a general problem understanding fastcgi

Hi Benjamin,

As you said, you should identify your needs first. I read that you are
already working with PHP.
Is your traffic website so heavy to explain moving to FastCGI ?
Regards,

Sylvain Becker

On 7/11/05, Benjamin Podszun <ben-/[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> I'm lurking on this list for quite some time and read the docs on the
> fastcgi.com site, but I'm still a little bit lost.
> 
> On the one hand I'm still unsure if I want fastcgi in the first place
> (read: Does it fit my needs..). Perhaps anyone can comment on whether
> it's a good idea to start individual fastcgi servers for some vhosts
> using different suexec wrapper, to enhance security and keep the
> performance of mod_php?
> 
> On the other hand I'm lost with regard to the fastcgi config syntax. I
> understand that a static server is a kind of web-application that is
> started at startup and respawned as neccessary, while a dynamic server
> springs into life when the first request needs one - and that the latter
> behaves according to the general FastCgiConfig settings.
> 
> What I don't understand (and testing didn't provide much insight so far)
> is, how I connect servers and requests. I understand the dynamic server
> mechanism ("this extension is a fcgi application, start a dynamic
> server"), but I don't understand the static one. How would I (is it even
> possible..?) associate a static /var/www/myVhost/fcgi-bin/php with all
> .php files for one vhost? I mean, is there a way to say "use server X
> for the following doc types" or something along that lines?
> 
> On a sitenote: I'm using different php accelerators/caches currently..
> If anyone has encountered any problems/issues with (fast)cgi php and
> that kind of software I'd be glad to hear about it..
> 
> I apologize if the answers to my questions are obvious. I really tried
> to read/fiddle around, but no luck so far. Any pointers, hints etc. are
> appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Ben
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