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

[Earendil]

I'm having the exact same problem, $_POST remains empty, no matter what I try.
This happens on 3 different boxes.
I should mention though, that this is php4 as CGI instead of php5.

Minimal configure:

'./configure' '--prefix=/usr/local/php4' '--exec-prefix=/usr/local/php4' '--program-suffix=4' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect--enable-discard-path'

[Earendil]

$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is empty as well (I did set the php.ini to populate it).

[ispro]

Could you add the phpinfo() to your test page and send this link?

Just to verify what is wrong...

Also, your php.ini should conists
cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

In most error cases I was contacted it were human errors...

[Earendil]

Could you add the phpinfo() to your test page and send this link?

Just to verify what is wrong...

Also, your php.ini should conists
cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

In most error cases I was contacted it were human errors...

I pm'd you the URL's, php.ini does contain that line, otherwise it won't work at all.
It does work, $_GET works just fine.... just $_POST (as far as I can see).

[vwiley1]

P.S. Anyone who would like this setup, but not sure how to proceed - I may perform the compile works for your server(s) at a low rate on the working server with no service interruption. mod_php4 + php5/cgi combo will works as well (tested). PM me for information.

I contacted ispro and had him do this setup on my server. I was previously using 2 apaches w/ the mod_proxy solution for PHP5.

ispro configured everything a few days in advance, and then did the install at the time I chose. After the install he did not leave me high and dry, he stuck around and watched the apache logs for errors and helped fix errors as they arose.

He also commented out all the ProxyPass lines in the httpd.conf, and fixed all the .htaccess files on the server by removing php_value's and php_flag's. He made sure that all the domains that were currently on PHP5 remained on PHP5 under this new setup.

His service was nothing less than exceptional! If someone doesn't want to go through the hassle I would definently reccommend him.

Thanks Again for the awesome setup, it will save me alot of time!

Vince Wiley

[webignition]

After trying to configure php 5.0.4 I was encountering an error relating to libxml2.

Unfortunately I can't post the exact error as Putty crashed at the point I tried to copy the error!

However I fixed it by installing the libxml2-devel rpm from within WHM (not that it matters how you install the rpm).

I hope this helps if anyone else encounters the same problem.

[kmsd]

Does this intallation of PHP5 work wth MySQL4.1? Meaning, does it work wth 'mysql' extension or 'mysqli' extension is required? My application does NOT use 'mysqli'.

Also, can you provide how to remove directions in case we want to completely remove this setup?

Thanks!

[Earendil]

Does this intallation of PHP5 work wth MySQL4.1? Meaning, does it work wth 'mysql' extension or 'mysqli' extension is required? My application does NOT use 'mysqli'.

Also, can you provide how to remove directions in case we want to completely remove this setup?

Thanks!

Both (if needed even simultanously - however you need to do some things for both to work together).

Removing:

rm -rf /usr/local/php5
rm -rf /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5

remove the lines you added to Apache.

[kmsd]

Both (if needed even simultanously - however you need to do some things for both to work together).

Thansk for the post. Out of the box (from this how-to) regular 'mysql' works, correct?

[ispro]

Both (if needed even simultanously - however you need to do some things for both to work together).

Removing:

rm -rf /usr/local/php5
rm -rf /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5

remove the lines you added to Apache.

You would also need to "grep" through .htaccess files in /home*/public_html/ on the recursive basis and search "/cgi-sys/php5" if these actions were added by customers to process, for example, .phtml via php5, but leave .php via php4.

[ispro]

Thansk for the post. Out of the box (from this how-to) regular 'mysql' works, correct?

Using mysql or mysqli is not depends on howto, but on your "configure" line.

If you add --with-mysql=/PATH_TO_MYSQL - you will use mysql, if you add --with-mysqli=/PATH_TO_MYSQL_CONFIG - you will use mysqli.

If you need both at once there is a little tweak involved to modify Makefile file after "configure", but before "make install". You would need to remove the second "-lmysqlclient" from the section "EXTRA_LIBS". Future versions of PHP5 could address this automatically I hope.

We are not using MySQL 4.1.x at the moment as too much clients against the upgrade yet, but we have tested it on our test box and recently did the same for "Earendil".

[panayot]

ispro, thanks for the great tutorial. I got everything to work (php4 as cgi + suexec and php5). Have only one question.

Does the php5 actually use phpsuexec? Because php files when not owned by the same user and when writeble to everyone would result in Internal server error. But if I test with .php5 file, it works even if owned by root and chmod 777.

If it does not use phpsuexec is this something to worry about?

In top it does show the user who executes it:

19074 username 15 0 4700 4700 3344 S 0.1 0.2 0:00 1 php5

[ispro]

This is not the issue.

PHP5 will use the regular suexec routine and all files created from php5 or mails sent from php5 script will be tracked as user, NOT with nobody like with NO-phpsuexec setup.

[generazn.com]

Does anybody know how to get the $_POST to work using this installation method?

Thanks.

[Earendil]

Does anybody know how to get the $_POST to work using this installation method?

Thanks.

If you have mod_bandwidth installed, uninstall it