A PHP cgi binary compiled with fcgi support
> /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/php5-fcgi -v
PHP 5.0.3 (cgi-fcgi) (built: Dec 30 2004 22:44:32)
Central config in httpd.conf
<IfModule mod_fastcgi.c>
FastCgiIpcDir /usr/local/www/fcgi_ipc/tmp
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
FastCgiSuexec /usr/local/sbin/suexec
FastCgiConfig -singleThreshold 100 -killInterval 300 -autoUpdate -idle-timeout 240 -pass-header HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
IfModule>
/php-fastcgi/>
Options ExecCGI
SetHandler fastcgi-script
Location>
In a virtual host
SuexecUserGroup ${USER} ${GROUP}
ScriptAlias /php-fastcgi/ ${HOME}/php-fastcgi/
AddType application/x-httpd-fastphp .php
Action application/x-httpd-fastphp /php-fastcgi/php5-fcgi
And then the ${HOME}/php-fastcgi/php5-fcgi wrapper
PHPRC="/usr/local/etc"
export PHPRC
PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=8
export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN
PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=5000
export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS
exec /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/php5-fcgi
The PHPRC environment sets the directory where php.ini is to be found