CGI only?

[Montagar]

Hi all,

I was looking at the php.net php windows version download and I see that it says "CGI only" what exactly does that mean (I have seen a refernce to "SAPI" but I am not exactly sure of the difference)? This is probably a newbie question, sorry.

Thanks

[paulnaj]

Hi,

There are two 'versions' of PHP, a CGI version just for running on a server, and a separate 'CLI' version that would run from the command-line.

You will have to do some manual configuration, even with the installer download, so if you want a 'standard' installation, I would go for the zip package and go through it manually (it's not hard, just be methodical and you shouldn't have any problems).

Paul 🙂

PS. You didn't mention what server you are using ... I'm assuming apache but if it's IIS on WinXP/Win2000, I wouldn't know how hard/easy it is to install PHP.

[Montagar]

Thanks for the reply! Now that I have it set up I guess I will start a new thread with a problem that I have encounterd with my php code.

Thanks again.