PHP Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.17, by Herong Yang
Configuring Apache for PHP CGI Scripts
This section describes how to configure Apache server to support PHP CGI scripts.
With both PHP engine and Apache Web server installed on my Windows system, I continued to configure the Apache server to support PHP CGI scripts:
1. Open the Apache configuration file, \apache\conf\httpd.conf, in a text editor
2. First I have to define a CGI script directory alias, mapping an Apache document directory to a real directory where php-cgi.exe is located. Go to alias_module section and add one line:
<IfModule alias_module> ... ScriptAlias /cgi-bin-php/ "/local/php/" </IfModule>
3. Then I need to add an access control section for this directory as:
<Directory "/local/php/"> AllowOverride None Options None Require all granted </Directory>
4. Next, I have to define a new MIME type to support the .php file extension. Go to mime_module section and one line:
<IfModule mime_module> ... AddType application/x-httpd-php .php </IfModule>
5. The last setting is to tell Apache to serve the new MIME type with php-cgi.exe located in the directory alias /cgi-bin-php/: At the root level below the LoadModule section, define an "Action" entry:
#LoadModule xml2enc_module modules/mod_xml2enc.so Action application/x-httpd-php "/cgi-bin-php/php-cgi.exe"
6. The configuration changes are done. Now restart the Apache server by closing the following command line window and re-enter it again:
herong> \apache\bin\httpd
Another way to integrate Apache with PHP is to set PHP as a load module. This is more efficient than the CGI script interface. But for my personal testing purpose, the CGI script interface is good enough.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Installation of PHP
PHP Data Types and Data Literals
Variables, References, and Constants
Expressions, Operations and Type Conversions
Conditional Statements - "if" and "switch"
Loop Statements - "while", "for", and "do ... while"
Function Declaration, Arguments, and Return Values
Interface with Operating System
Introduction of Class and Object
►Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server
Downloading Apache 2.4.37 Binary for Windows
Installing Apache 2.4.37 on Windows Systems
Publishing HTML Documents as Web Pages
Starting and Stopping Apache Server
►Configuring Apache for PHP CGI Scripts
Publishing PHP Scripts as Web Pages
Permission Error on php-cgi.exe
Configuring Apache PHP Load Module
Retrieving Information from HTTP Requests
Creating and Managing Sessions in PHP Scripts
Sending and Receiving Cookies in PHP Scripts
Controlling HTTP Response Header Lines in PHP Scripts
MySQL Server Connection and Access Functions
Functions to Manage Directories, Files and Images
SOAP Extension Function and Calling Web Services
SOAP Server Functions and Examples
Localization Overview of Web Applications
Using Non-ASCII Characters in HTML Documents
Using Non-ASCII Characters as PHP Script String Literals
Receiving Non-ASCII Characters from Input Forms
"mbstring" Extension and Non-ASCII Encoding Management
Managing Non-ASCII Character Strings with MySQL Servers
Parsing and Managing HTML Documents
Configuring and Sending Out Emails
Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS