PHP via FastCGI on Windows?

On 2006-08-07 11:19:04 -0600, Jack L <jlist9yahoo.ca> said:

> Hello,
> 
> This is my first posting to the list - I just started
> playing with Cherokee from yesterday 
> 
> I'm trying to use PHP with FastCGI on Windows.
> 
> Here's the fcgi part of my conf:
> 
> Extension php {
>   Handler fcgi {
>     Server localhost:8002 {
>       Env PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS "-1"
>       Env PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN "5"
>       Interpreter
"c:\Internet\Cherokee\php.exe -b 8002"
>     }
>   }
> }
> 
> I first tried the PHP Windows binaries but both php.exe
> and php-cgi.exe didn't work. I didn't expect php.exe
to
> work because I think it's the CLI version. I made sure
> php-cgi.exe supports fastcgi by checking "php-cgi
-v" and
> it shows "cgi-fcgi". However, Cherokee can
not start it
> and "php-cgi -h" does not show an option of
specifying a
> port for it to bind to. I have experience setting
php-cgi.exe
> up with Abyss Web Server. In that test, I had to use
pipe.
> Socket did not work. So my conclusion is that php-cgi
only
> supports PIPE connection between web server and itself,
but
> not sockets. This ends my test with the PHP windows
binaries.
> 
> I then tried the PHP I built from source with cygwin. I
have
> the fastcgi support built into it and it also replies
"cgi-fcgi"
> in "php.exe -v" test. However, it did not
work either. Cherokee
> does not start a PHP instance even though I have the
"Interpreter"
> line in the conf file. So I manually started a php
fastcgi server
> with "php.exe -b 8002" and PHP works with
FastCGI.
> 
> So the question is, why doesn't Cherokee start a PHP
process?
> 
> Also, when I ApacheBench-ed it, Cherokee dies (stops
responding
> although port is still open) after getting a few
hundred requests
> with 10 concurrent connections. Sometimes php.exe
exits. I can not
> explain if it's a problem in php.exe or not but the
same php.exe
> works very reliably with another web server in fastcgi
set up so
> I suspect the issue is on the Cherokee side.
> 
> Another question. I always get this on Cherokee start
up:
> 
> IMPORTANT: This "fastcgi" module is NOT
ready to be used. Please
> modify your configuration in order to use the
"fastcgi" module
> instead.
> 
> I get this even when I manually start a PHP instance
before I
> start Cherokee. I'm using the Windows installer.

I came this same problem and discovered that IPv6 needs to
be disabled.  I
am on OS X so I was just able to re-compile Cherokee and it
solved the
problem.  As for the Windows binary of Cherokee, I am not
too sure how that
will work.  I would call it a bug in Cherokee period which
would need to get
resolved.


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