Using FastCGI + special php.ini directives for a Directory

[PedroR]

Hi all

We're running suPHP and are experience performance issues with suPHP not scaling well when load raises above a certain level.

Therefore, we considered changing from suPHP to FastCGI.

However the different applications we have sometimes require that we override the global php.ini directives with specific ones in a special directory/application.

We have for example:
- a legacy app that needs register_globals on
- an app that produces PDFs and needs maximum_memory set to 100M

With suPHP : we would just put a php.ini file in the directory with the configurations we wanted to override and everything works fine.


With fastCGI : this approach does not seem to work. We can't even set different php.ini configurations per account.
With fastCGI enabled it seems to only read and respect the global php.ini


What I wanted to ask is if there is any way to have a different php.ini file on specific directories.

I have come across this info but I am unsure how it will co-exist with Cpanel:
( from mod_fcgid - Apache HTTP Server )

PHP wrapper script - /usr/local/bin/php-wrapper
#!/bin/sh
# Set desired PHP_FCGI_* environment variables.
# Example:
# PHP FastCGI processes exit after 500 requests by default.
PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=10000
export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS

# Replace with the path to your FastCGI-enabled PHP executable
exec /usr/local/bin/php-cgi

In my case, we don't want to override PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS but would like to use
/usr/local/bin/php-cgi -c "custom php.ini for this folder and subfolders" or -d "setting=abc" instead of -c

Is this possible and will it work in a Cpanel configuration?

In Cpanel it seems FastCGI is configured and enabled globally through WHM...

Thank you very much and Best Regards
Pedro.

[cPanelTristan]

It is possible to setup individual php.ini files using the steps noted in this tutorial:

http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/individu...gi-160398.html