PHP FastCGI

[drew]

Well, I have CMSMS installed on my host and it is running well. Still developing layout and content...

The hoster offers two PHP options: "PHP5" or PHP5 FastCGI". Would anyone know whether CMSMS is stable under FastCGI? Has anyone tried it?

I'm tempted to turn this feature on because it promises:

"FastCGI for PHP makes all your PHP applications run through mod_fastcgi instead of mod_suphp. This eliminates the overhead of loading the PHP interpretor on every hit. Since it is always in memory ready for the next hit, the responses will be generated faster."

Thanks

[moorezilla]

Theoretically, cmsms or any other php application shouldn't know the difference or behave differently whether you use FastCGI or not, as long as your host is set up correctly. You could have some issues if you need to change directives in the php.ini depending on location, and I suppose there could be some include issues. Actually... I'm a little surprised that a host is offering fastcgi if there are a bunch of vhosts on the machine. What kind of a plan is it? Is this a vhost or a vps situation?

[drew]

I checked the bluehost.com forum and the general consensus is instability, even though some client web apps seem to be running just fine. I'm going to leave it OFF for now to avoid any issues.

I'm pretty sure the bluehost is not running virtual servers at their price point of 7.95/month. vps shure would be an interesting option - lots of tuning freedom?

Anyway, will keep an eye on performance and will reconsider FastCGI if necessary.

Thanks.