HOW-TO: Apache + phpsuexec + php4 (cgi) + php5 (cgi)

[nixell]

i have problem when access to phpinfo it crash the apache

when i ps -aux its show load many

/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!
/bin/bash /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 path!

until crash...

please helpp......

[adamsatriabudi]

I'm Using the latest cpanel version on my new server it's working good on PHP4 but when using PHP5 with post method it doesn't work... then i'm trying using get method it's work... why when i'm using post method on my server with php5 it's won't work! any solution... ????

[cPanelDavidG]

I'm Using the latest cpanel version on my new server it's working good on PHP4 but when using PHP5 with post method it doesn't work... then i'm trying using get method it's work... why when i'm using post method on my server with php5 it's won't work! any solution... ????

That's very weird. All of that should still work.

You aren't relying on register_globals by chance, are you? In PHP 5, register_globals is off by default.

[moronhead]

Still using PHP4 over here... Is PHPsuexec compatible with PHP 5? Is this setup viable?

Apache 1.33
PHP 4 (CGI + PHPsuexec) - Primary
PHP 5 (CGI + suPHP) - Secondary

[cPanelDavidG]

Still using PHP4 over here... Is PHPsuexec compatible with PHP 5? Is this setup viable?

Apache 1.33
PHP 4 (CGI + PHPsuexec) - Primary
PHP 5 (CGI + suPHP) - Secondary

If you are running EA3, PhpSuExec is no longer available having been replaced with SuPHP. SuPHP will work with both PHP 4 and 5 as well as any supported version of Apache.

If you are running the latest version of cPanel/WHM 11 then you are using EA3.

[moronhead]

Thanks, David. Would you say it's safe to upgrade from:

Apache 1.33 / PHP 4 CGI with Phpsuexec

to:

Apache 1.33 / PHP 4 CGI + PHP 5 CGI + Suphp ?

[internetfab]

Yes it is - we've done it on almost all of our servers with minor issues (which have been solved in the latest releases by cPanel)

[vince512]

Hi,

I have installed php4 as default and php5 following the ispro instructions, wondering now as EA· do the same thing but with suphp, i should have to remove the ispro´s php5 before go with EA3 and both php versions as suphp?

Thanx!

I am wondering the same thing...I have two servers that I have used this thread to run dual PHPs over a year ago. I now want to upgrade to Apache2.2 and just run one version PHP5 SUPHP and do away with PHP4 altogether.

Do I need to uninstall PHP 5 before going ahead with the upgrades in easyapache? Also is there anything else I should remove before upgrading? I was just going to go in reverse of the directions to put things back the way they were but wanted to check and see if I even had to all of the steps or if it is just a metter of deleting one thing then run easy apache.

I appreciate any help on this...thanks!

[ispro]

As secondary PHP installed in /usr/local/phpVERSION and cPanel also install secondary CLI (Apache) PHP to /usr/local/phpVERSION so you may just run Easyapache to overwrite PHP. After you run rebuild_phpconf you set suphp directives and old setup won't be used.

To make sure you have cleaned it all remove these files:
/usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php*

You are done

P.S. There are few changes in behavior of PHP run via suPHP, for example, .htaccess override directives works from /home/USER/.htaccess file only. E.g. you no longer may set PHP versions on per-directory basis... Sad thing, but it may be fixed if cPanel re-patch suPHP set of patches.

[vince512]

As secondary PHP installed in /usr/local/phpVERSION and cPanel also install secondary CLI (Apache) PHP to /usr/local/phpVERSION so you may just run Easyapache to overwrite PHP. After you run rebuild_phpconf you set suphp directives and old setup won't be used.

To make sure you have cleaned it all remove these files:
/usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php*

You are done

Do i run /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php* after I have upgraded to apache 2.2 and just the one php5 (doing away with php4 which was default and the older php5 based off your configs here) or do I run /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php* then do the update via easyapache? Just want to make sure before I proceed...

Thanks ispro!

[Solokron]

For newer installs use

ln -s /usr/lib/php.ini /usr/local/php5/lib/php.ini

instead of

ln -s /usr/local/Zend/etc/php.ini /usr/local/php5/lib/php.ini