Apache: How to switch to CGI/FastCGI Server API?

Question

I've installed the mod_fastcgi on my Apache and put LoadModule into my httpd.conf file.

When I do a phpinfo(), mod_fastcgi is in the loaded modules section, but the server API still shows up as Apache 2.0.

How do I change this?

Answer 1

Do the steps below:

• Disable the php.conf file that is configured to run as Apache module:

    # mv /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf.module

• Create the php.fcgi file in /var/www/cgi-bin with something like this:

    #!/bin/bash
    PHP_CGI=/usr/bin/php-cgi
    exec $PHP_CGI

• Modify the DocumentRoot or VirtualHost section to add the AddHandler and Action directive:

    ...
    AddHandler php5-fastcgi .php
    Action php5-fastcgi /cgi-bin/php.fcgi
    ...

Testing with phpinfo():

# lynx -dump http://localhost/info.php | grep 'Server API'
   Server API CGI/FastCGI