$OpenBSD: README-main,v 1.2 2016/04/28 18:19:23 sthen Exp $

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Connecting your web server software to php
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Web server programs such as httpd(8), nginx and Apache listen for
network requests and decide whether to respond themselves (as is the
case with simple "static" files) or pass the request on to other
software for handling. The web server must be configured to handle
this - different methods are used depending on the server software.

httpd(8), nginx, lighttpd, etc: FastCGI
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Most modern web servers support FastCGI which is a simple method of
interfacing to many kinds of application server. This is usually the
preferred method of passing requests to php, and is the only method
possible for many servers such as httpd(8), nginx and lighttpd.

The OpenBSD php packages include php-fpm, FastCGI Process Manager.
This manages pools of FastCGI processes: starts/restarts them and
maintains a minimum and maximum number of spare processes as
configured. You can use rcctl(8) to enable php-fpm at boot,
and start it at runtime:

    rcctl enable php55_fpm
    rcctl start php55_fpm

Consult your web server documentation and sample configuration
for further advice. In particular:

    httpd(8)  /etc/examples/httpd.conf
    nginx     /usr/local/share/nginx/nginx.conf

php-fpm has its own configuration file, /etc/php-fpm.conf.
This controls how the php processes are started. The default settings
are suitable for many standard cases, but can be changed to provide
greater control for sites handling high loads or to provide
separation between different php applications by running them
under different uids or in individual chroot(2) jails.

Apache module
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The most common option for use with Apache is the mod_php Apache module.
This is loaded directly as part of the web server process. Configuration
is fairly simple, but in this case the operating system can't provide
memory protection between the two; therefore bugs in php can potentially
do more damage this way.

Another option is to use FastCGI as described in the previous section;
you can use mod_proxy_fcgi to interface it with Apache.

If you wish to use the Apache module, enable it by creating a
symbolic link from /var/www/conf/modules.sample/php-5.5.conf
to /var/www/conf/modules/php.conf. As root:

    ln -sf /var/www/conf/modules.sample/php-5.5.conf \
	/var/www/conf/modules/php.conf

To disable:

    rm -f /var/www/conf/modules/php.conf

After making either of these changes, restart Apache.

php configuration
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The recommended php configuration has been installed to:
    /etc/php-5.5.ini.

Modify this as required for your use.

Extension modules
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Many language features in php are provided by extensions, which come
in several classes.

- some extensions are included in the main PHP package and are always
enabled; they don't need to be installed or enabled separately. This
includes the Suhosin security extension; see https://suhosin.org/
for more information.

- for PHP 5.6+, opcache is in the main package but must be configured.

- some 'core' extensions with extra dependencies are packaged separately
(e.g. php-pdo_mysql, php-ldap, php-soap, and others) and can be installed
with pkg_add(1).

- various useful third-party extensions from the PECL repository have
also been packaged. Examples include pecl-memcache (for use with
sysutils/memcached), pecl-imagick (image manipulation using ImageMagick),
pecl-libsodium (a wrapper for the libsodium cryptographic library), etc.

For all extensions packaged separately (and for opcache), you will find a
file named /etc/php-5.5.sample/(MODULE_NAME).ini. To enable it,
add a symlink into /etc/php-5.5 and restart:

    ln -sf ../php-5.5.sample/MODULE_NAME.ini /etc/php-5.5/

To disable, remove the symlink from /etc/php-5.5 and restart:

    rm /etc/php-5.5/MODULE_NAME.ini

If you have installed a number of extensions and wish to enable them all,
you can use these shell commands:

    # cd /etc/php-5.5.sample
    # for i in *; do ln -sf ../php-5.5.sample/$i ../php-5.5/; done

After enabling or disabling extensions (or otherwise modifying php's
configuration), use rcctl(8) to restart php55_fpm or Apache.
