Apache as CGI cannot customize authentication

[newjim]

PHP in Apache2 in MapGuide is loaded as a CGI executable, as this line in
httpd.conf shows:

Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php-cgi.exe"

However, you cannot customize your authentication unless PHP runs as a
module, that is, by commenting out this line and replacing it with:

LoadModule php5_module c:/php/php5apache2.dll

When you do that and restart Apache, you can trap the user login and
password. For example:
<?php
if ($_SERVER[PHP_AUTH_USER])
{
    print "<script language='javascript'>alert('Hello
$_SERVER[PHP_AUTH_USER]')</script>";
	//unset($_SERVER[PHP_AUTH_USER]);
}

elseif($_REQUEST['auth'])
{
    Header("WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"MapGuide Test Site\"");
    Header("HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized");
    
}
?>
<form>
<input type="submit" name="auth" value= "Authenticate" />
</form>

However, when you do that you lose the MG functions, which I presume are in
php_MapGuideApi.dll, such as MgInitializeWebTier

Is there a way that you can make the MG functions available to PHP when you
load it as a module?
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