[WBEL-users] PHP and Apache 2.0

[Bill Davidsen]

Edward Rudd wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 10:17, Andy wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>When surfing through PHP docs I came across a page describing problems 
>>PHP is having with Apache 2.0. In summary, Apache 2.0 is threaded, PHP 
>>is not thread safe. The page further elaborates on the compile-time 
>>parameters that I'm not really familiar with. The page in question is 
>>found here http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.apache2.php
>>
> 
> This is FUD..  There are some issues with PHP not working nicely if you
> Apache 2 is build with threading, but the default mode on linux for
> apache 2 is preforking which is the same as Apache 1.3.

It's not at all FUD, it's an operational limitation which requires using 
the old lower performance preforking mode. Obviously RH agreed that the 
problem is real, or they wouldn't have defaulted to the old mode of 
operation. PHP is not the only offender, of course, which is why the 
threaded model is best saved for static content only unless you are a guru.
> 
> 
>>Can someone please confirm that this is indeed how httpd is compiled in 
>>the stock WBEL rpm? I know that in Debian there are multiple httpd 
>>packages to choose from, but WBEL has just one.
>>
> 
> WBEL's httpd is compiled in "prefork" mode which. (--with-mpm=prefork)
> you can also download the WBEL httpd src.rpm file and look at the spec
> file contained as to the compile options.

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