PHP CGI Binary or Module or Both?

stakey

I want to use the mail function of PHP to email users of a program im writing in PHP. From what i've read the mail function can only be used with a CGI Binary Compiled version of PHP.

What i'd like to know is just a few things:

- Can the mail function work with PHP if its being used as an apache module?
- Can i use php as both a module and cgi binary?
- How hard is it to compile php as a cgi binary (WIN32)?

Btw Apache 1.3 & PHP 4

Thanks in advance

daymobrew

All the info below is from http://www.php.net

From what i've read the mail function can only be used with a CGI Binary Compiled version of PHP.

Where did you read this?

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php
I didn't see any mention in the docs for the mail() function
or in the page about PHP as a CGI binary:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.cgi-bin.php
or the one about an Apache module:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.apache.php

For outgoing mail you can edit php.ini to point to a SMTP server. Easy to do, if you have permission to use a SMTP server.
Alternately you can install some Windows version of sendmail or something similar. Info on php.net site.

- How hard is it to compile php as a cgi binary (WIN32)?

There is nothing to compile, the required DLL, php4apache.dll, should be in the PHP installation you have (or are about to download)
See: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.apache1.php

rsynnott

daymobrew wrote:

There is nothing to compile, the required DLL, php4apache.dll, should be in the PHP installation you have (or are about to download)
See: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.apache1.php

No, the OP is talking about using it as a CGI binary, as opposed to an Apache module. This isn't necessarily a great idea unless they have a very good reason, but it'd be "php.exe" or something.