Fast CGI (spawn-fcgi / php-cgi) crashes/dies/hangs

[Michael Shadle]

This boggles my mind. Apache just for php...

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On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:43 PM, "nerdgrind" <nginx-forum at nginx.us> wrote:

> You could use Apache to serve PHP scripts rather than spawn-fcgi/php- 
> cgi. Apache's handling of PHP has been time tested, and performs as  
> well or better than fcgi in my experience on a high traffic  
> Wordpress blog.
>
> We use:
>
>
> proxy_pass         http://127.0.0.1:8008;
>
>
> Apache can listen on several ports.
>
> I had a lot of headaches with fcgi, which made me question why I  
> even needed it when I had Apache. On a single server Apache handled  
> PHP and static files for 35 million visitors in a month before we  
> started using Nginx, so using Apache only for PHP on the backend  
> made sense.
>
> Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,28783,29032#msg-29032
>
>
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