php/cgi-bin question

[brokeDUstudent]

I just registered a domain/hosting from catalog.com and to use PHP there, all the script files have to be in the cgi-bin. When I created the site on my laptop (IIS 5/php 4) it didn't matter where the php files were as long as they were in the localhost dir, so I had the php code included in my html files and it was fine. My problem is that I can't use any php code in my site files unless they're in the cgi-bin. So is there anyway to create my site without putting all my html files in the cgi-bin, because from the looks of it that seems like the path I'm going to have to follow. Tech support didn't help much, one guy said he thinks I should be able to use SHTML. Thanks for any ideas..

[stolzyboy]

your host has php installed as a cgi, not an apache module, so you will need to have your php files in the cgi bin, i am unaware of any other way to do this

the only way you can have a php page outside of the cgi bin is to have apache installed as a module, which is better anyway, IMHO

[brokeDUstudent]

thanks for the reply, just out of curiousity.. do you know a good provider who has it setup with the apache module for a decent price? I'm going to keep looking around because the way i setup my site wasn't based on using CGI.. ah well, lesson learned..

[stolzyboy]

www.olm.net, thats where i go for my hosting, decent price, excellent support