PHP as a CGI

[Anon]

I've never built a site for someone who has PHP installed as a CGI rather than as a module. This is a fairly silly question but do I put all of my .php, .inc and .html files into the cgi-bin or just the forms in the cgi-bin directory?

Thanks,
Mike

[vsego]

Depending on server setup. It is usuall to put CGI scripts to cgi-bin. Files they use (require or include) can be elsewhere. If your files are:

main.html:
<form action="/path1/blah.php">...</form>

blah.php:
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
require("/path2/common.inc");
?>

then main.html can be anywhere in web directory, while common.inc can be anywhere on disk. On the other hand, blah.php must be in cgi-bin.

I repeat - this is usuall configuration. If CGI scripts are allowed to be anywhere, then blah.php can be placed anywhere in the web directory.

Good luck,

Vedran