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Lob, can you block him?

once a stable version of php is available

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 125#240125

Lobser: but my output is the HTML - the source with no parsed web page generated. . . .

3.3 Running CGI programs
Making Hiawatha run CGI programs is easy. You can allow CGI execution per website.

VirtualHost {
...
ExecuteCGI = yes
}

Specify the extension of CGI programs via the CGIextension option.

CGIextension = cgi

If you want to run CGI scripts, you have to specify where Hiawatha can find the binary that can parse these scripts.

CGIhandler = /usr/bin/php4-cgi:php4
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/php5-cgi:php,php5
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/perl:pl
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/python:py

You can limit the maximum runtime of CGI programs (in seconds) via the TimeForCGI option.

VirtualHost {
...
TimeForCGI = 5
}

5.1 FastCGI
Although this section has been placed under "Advanced configuration", using FastCGI with Hiawatha is actually quite easy. In this example, we'll use PHP via FastCGI. First, install php-cgi with FastCGI support (compile PHP with --enable-fastcgi or check that your precompiled php-cgi package has FastCGI support). Edit the configurationfile php-fcgi.conf (which is located in your Hiawatha configuration directory). For every Server configuration line, a PHP FastCGI daemon will be started. Every Server configuration line consist of at least 3 options: the path to the php-cgi binary, the binding (interface:port) and the userid the PHP FastCGI daemon must switch to. An optional fourth option tells the path to the php.ini file. A typical configuration line looks like this:

Server = /usr/bin/php5-cgi;127.0.0.1:2005;www-data

Run php-fcgi (probably in /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin) to start the PHP FastCGI daemon(s). Run with the '-k' option to kill the running PHP FastCGI daemons.

In httpd.conf, you have to tell Hiawatha how to reach this FastCGI server and when to use it (for which file extensions). Give it a unique id and use this id with the FastCGI option for every virtual host which must use this FastCGI server.

FastCGIserver {
FastCGIid = PHP5
ConnectTo = 127.0.0.1:2005
Extension = php
}

VirtualHost {
...
FastCGI = PHP5
}

A FastCGIserver section with the same extension as a CGIhandler, overrules this CGIhandler.

If you specify more then one ConnectTo parameter, Hiawatha will switch between these FastCGI servers for every connection. You can use this load-balancing feature for heavy websites. To prevent CGI sessions from getting disrupted, Hiawatha must know the timeout (in minutes) of such session.

FastCGIserver {
FastCGIid = PHP5
ConnectTo = 10.0.0.100:2005, 10.0.0.101:2005, 10.0.0.102:2005
Extension = php
SessionTimeout = 15
}