How do I make it work? PHP / FastCGI / Mac

davidjenkins

Okay... so don't want to use Aprelium's PHP5 binary cuz it's out of date. The PHP bundled with OS X 10.5 doesn't work as a CGI (?or atleast not with Abyss?). So I want to make my own!
So I downloaded PHP 5.2.9 and tried to compile with the --enable-fastcgi option.
If I tell Abyss that php-cgi is just CGI/ISAP then everything works as expected.
If I tell Abyss that php-cgi is FastCGI (Local - <anything>) my webpage hangs for a bit and then gets Error 500.
What the crap?

TRUSTAbyss

Did you move the location of the PHP folder? Once you compile PHP, you cannot move the folder. If you want, I can compile it for you. My MSN is msn@trustabyss.com. If you included the --enable-fastcgi in the configure command, it should be working.
EDIT: Download my compiled PHP5 (Mac OS X 10.4) package and unzip it to the /Applications folder. Use MySQL 5.0.77 and it should work fine. http://www.trustabyss.com/PHP5.zip
NOTE: MySQL 5.1 DOES NOT compile with PHP 5 at this time. I think I will report that to them.

davidjenkins

I used --prefix to specify where I wanted my files to placed. I did not move them manually.
As I mentioned, it works in CGI mode, but not FastCGI mode (?unless the problem lies within Abyss?).

sonofcolin

I've just been through this and I feel your pain. However, it is possible to get it working in fastcgi mode.
What does /usr/local/php/bin/php-cgi -i return when run from the terminal? (change your path as appropriate)
Can you check to see if any php processes are running? If they are, kill them and try again.

sonofcolin

TRUSTAbyss wrote

Download my compiled PHP5 (Mac OS X 10.4) package and unzip it to the /Applications folder. Use MySQL 5.0.77 and it should work fine. http://www.trustabyss.com/PHP5.zip

Well done that man!

NOTE: MySQL 5.1 DOES NOT compile with PHP 5 at this time. I think I will report that to them.

It does. I got it working, I'm fairly sure - but that was on 10.5. Not sure about 10.4

davidjenkins

sonofcolin wrote
I've just been through this and I feel your pain. However, it is possible to get it working in fastcgi mode.
What does /usr/local/php/bin/php-cgi -i return when run from the terminal? (change your path as appropriate)
Can you check to see if any php processes are running? If they are, kill them and try again.

It returns the expected info page.
How do I check for running php processes?

sonofcolin

davidjenkins wrote

How do I check for running php processes?

Activity monitor in 'Applications/Utilities/'

davidjenkins

I checked for activity before and after running Abyss. No sign of php or php-cgi. Same thing after accessing a php encoded page (via Abyss, using FastCGI).
Still getting a timeout and error 500.