mapserver php and cgi/module and security issues

[Artur Skalski]

Hi All

First I'd like to aks if any one of You has any idea why mapserver starts to
act wierd when i try to use .htaccess files to block access to some folders
which are in htodcs (I'm using mapserver 4.4 with php mascript 4.4 apache2)

and second

reading a doc about instaling php and phpmascript I've noticed a warning
considering not to use php as a module of apache but rather as a cgi, but
I've managed to run gmap demo based on phpmapscript and all seems to work
properly, have I missed something?

regards

Artur