PHP using FastCGI on WebServer 7, Windows XP, not working, get http 404 err

Question

I got PHP to work with Web Server 7 on Windows XP, but for some reason that I dont know, the server became unresponsive after processing a page with a WordPress forum, so I wanted to use FastCGI instead so PHP wont cause a crash of the server, but I cant get it to work.
The problem is that when trying to show a simple webpage "phpinfo.php", I get a http 404 error, saying could not find the file. In the "Fastcgistub.log" log I see the following:
Fastcgistub.exe - version (1)
created child - 4460
After trying again, the following is displayed:
E:/Dev/WebServer7/plugins/php/php-cgi.exe bound to \\.\pipe\FastCGI\gfxeditor.com is already running
I followed the instructions... I dont know what else to do... Do you have any ideas why it cannot display the page?

Answer 1

If I were to guess I'd say that the order of the directives in the obj.conf if wrong. Try moving the Service stanza for FastCGI to be below the send-file Service:
Service method="(GET|HEAD|POST)" type="~magnus-internal/" fn="send-file"
Service type="magnus-internal/php"
   fn="responder-fastcgi"
   app-path="E:/Dev/WebServer7/plugins/php/php-cgi.exe"
   bind-path="https-www.gfxeditor.com--php_cgi"
   app-env="PHPRC=E:/Dev/WebServer7/plugins/php"
   app-env="PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=2"
   app-env="PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUEST=200"
Service method="TRACE" fn="service-trace"
Error fn="error-j2ee"
...For example, in my obj.conf (which uses FastCGI and work just fine with PathInfo paths) I have this (note also that my stanza is wrapped in some If syntax to further restrict the execution of PHP):
Service method=(GET|HEAD) type=*~magnus-internal/* fn=send-file bucket="static-bucket"
#Sun FastCGI config
<If $urlhost =~ "($VSids)"
    and $urlhost =~ '(.*\..*)$'>
      Service fn=responder-fastcgi
        app-path="/export/WS7/third-party/php/php_fcgi"
        bind-path="$(lc($1))"
        req-retry=5
        type="*magnus-internal/fastcgi*"
        app-env="PHPRC=/export/WS7/https-www/config"
        app-env="PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=2"
        app-env="PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUEST=1000"
        min-procs=1
        restart-interval=10
        bucket="php-bucket"
        rlimit_cpu=60
</If>
...Sriram, it's indicated above that PHP 5.3 is currently in use. I'll assume that this is the pre-compiled PHP binary from php.net, or that this is a custom binary. I'm also using PHP 5.3 (though on Linux, not Windows) and see no reason why that would cause a particular problem.
Edited by: j.mccabe on Jul 21, 2009 4:16 AM