Does PHP still have to be installed as a CGI with MapServer 4.4?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Bob,

I can't answer the question related to running PHP/Mapscript in an
apache DSO, but running mod_php in apache has never been exclusive of
running php?mapscript as a cgi. If you generally configure your site to
use mod_php, you can then specify that with some directory that you want
to run php as cgi.

I have been doing this for a long time. My whole site runs mod_php,
except when I am calling mapscript pages, then it runs a separate php
built for use with mapscript as a cgi.

This can all be configured in the apache config files.

-Steve W.

Bob Bruce wrote:
> My hosting provider has asked me this question in light of the statement
> under the What's New section of the MapServer homepage that says:
>
> " Lots of fixes to allow running of long-lived processes and in
> multi-threaded environments (memory leaks, mutex locking, etc.)."
>
> My hosting provider would much rather have PHP installed and running as an
> Apache DSO and still give me access to PHP Mapscript.
>
> Is it now safe and reliable to run PHP Mapscript with PHP running as an
> Apache DSO?
>
> the system that I am running this under is:
>   Linux venus 2.6.9OpenITloguid #1 SMP Tue Nov 2 21:57:56 CST 2004 i686
> with:
>   Apache 2.0 Handler
> and:
>   MapServer version 4.4.0 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP
> SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER INPUT=TIFF INPUT=EPPL7
> INPUT=JPEG INPUT=SHAPEFILE
> and:
>   PHP MapScript Version  ($Revision: 1.220 $ $Date: 2004/11/16 17:23:13 $)
>
> thanks,
>           Bob Bruce
>