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1README FOR THTTPD MODULE (by Sascha Schumann)
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4	This is a SAPI module for PHP 4.x supporting thttpd, the tiny,
5	turbo, throttling HTTP server by Jef Poskanzer.
6
7	NOTE: All HTTP requests will be serialized. That means, one long running
8	      script will block all other requests. Choose another web server,
9	      if you want to execute arbitrarily long running scripts.
10
11	The module contains a patch against version 2.21b of thttpd. The patch
12	fixes a number of bugs and adds some functionality:
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14	- HTTP/1.1 Persistent Connection/Pipeline Support
15	- PHP Scripting (**.php by default)
16	- Highlighting PHP Scripts (**.phps by default)
17	- Fast Accept Loop (unique to PHP)
18	- Periodic Connection Expiring (unique to PHP)
19	- Log to stdout (logfile=-)
20	- Fixes the Host: header vulnerability (affects vhosts only)
21	- Asynchronous request body handling (e.g. for POSTs)
22	- Accept filter for Linux
23	- Fix for non-blocking sending of thttpd-generated responses
24
25	You can configure the filename extensions by creating a config file for
26	thttpd and setting these entries:
27
28	phppat=PATTERN
29	phpspat=PATTERN
30
31	The PATTERN has the same format as defined here:
32
33		http://acme.com/software/thttpd/options.html#CGI_PATTERN
34
35	"**.php" means: match any file ending in .php in any directory.
36	Setting the pattern from the command line is not supported.
37
38	NOTE: This version supports *only* thttpd 2.21b, no prior or later
39	version.
40
41	This is a functional and stable module (it runs a large application
42	like IMP 2.2.0 without any problems). Its original intention was to
43	demonstrate the ability of PHP to work in every web server environment.
44
45REQUIRED DOWNLOADS
46
47	1. thttpd 2.21b (2.20 or +2.22beta will _not_ work)
48
49	   Full Distribution:
50	   http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/thttpd-2.21b.tar.gz
51
52	2. PHP 4.x
53
54	   Download:
55	   http://www.php.net/
56
57	   Snapshots from CVS:
58	   http://snaps.php.net/
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60
61BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
62
63	1. Extract software packages
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65	   $ gunzip -c thttpd-2.xx.tar.gz | tar xf -
66	   $ gunzip -c php-*.tar.gz | tar xf -
67
68	2. Prepare PHP
69
70	   $ cd php-*
71	   $ ./configure \
72	   		--with-thttpd=../thttpd-2.xx \
73			<further PHP options>
74	   $ make install
75	   $ cd ..
76
77	   You can see the list of valid PHP options by executing
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79	   $ ./configure --help
80
81	3. Configure, compile, install thttpd
82
83	   Now follow the thttpd instructions. The Makefile template of
84	   thttpd was changed to automatically use the components
85	   required by PHP.
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