[mapserver-users] PHP mapscript as Apache module: clarification?

Vinko Vrsalovic vinko at cprsig.cl
Wed Aug 14 19:43:20 EDT 2002


On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 09:29:37AM -0600, Alex Rice wrote:
> I have seen some confusing posts on the list about this issue. 
> After re-reading the PHP mapscript installation docs, I think 
> that it's OK to use PHP mapscript with PHP as an Apache DSO 
> module, **except on Windows** in which case you should use CGI 
> PHP only because of thread safety issues. Is this a correct 
> assessment?

No. The 3.6 branch should be run as a CGI on all platforms, in fact, if
you try to load the mapscript extension from a DSO module, you only get
a 'this must run as a CGI' error page.

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