Re: PHP and a general problem understanding fastcgi

David Birnbaum wrote:
> We use php/FastCGI extensively - it's great for a number of reasons:
> 
> 1.  You can control the number of instances of PHP per vhost very 
> easily, which prevents CPU thrash.
> 2.  The memory usage of the server is reduced because httpd stays very 
> light.
> 3.  Each PHP instance runs as the correct user/group which reduces 
> security exposure.
> 
> Our bench testing shows straight PHP is about the same in other mod_php 
> or FastCGI.  However, I find overall web performance to be slightly 
> higher because plenty of httpd's stay uninvolved with PHP and can handle 
> images/static pages while the PHP instances crunch away independently.
> 
> Here's a sample vhost configuration for you:
> 
>  User blah
>  Group blahgrp
>  FastCgiServer /export/httpd/DOMAINS/blah.com/cgi-bin/php -port 9050
>  AddHandler php-fastcgi .php
>  <Location /cgi-bin/php>
>    SetHandler fastcgi-script
>  </Location>
>  Action php-fastcgi /cgi-bin/php

Just tried the above.. User and Group are not correct, I guess. Did you 
mean SuexecUserGroup?
When I try to use this config I get "FastCgiServer cannot occur within 
<VirtualHost> section" as answer.. Of course it would be possible to 
define servers outside the vhost sections, but that would be quite - 
inconvenient. And I still don't understand how I connect a given server 
with a handler.. So - how can I specify which server I'm talking about? 
Is the path to the binary the only way?

Thanks in advance for any help,
Ben
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