Xiaomao: /* Steps */ No need of cygwin paths, just forward slashes. FIXED all bugs according to Pitfalls. Note that "location ~ \.php$" doesn't have a root!

2011-07-16T18:53:39Z

‎Steps: No need of cygwin paths, just forward slashes. FIXED all bugs according to Pitfalls. Note that "location ~ \.php$" doesn't have a root!

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= php-fcgi on Windows =

== Overview ==

nginx can interface with PHP on Windows via a FastCGI daemon, which ships with PHP: php-cgi.exe. You need to run '''php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:<port>''' and use '''[[NginxHttpFcgiModule#fastcgi_pass| fastcgi_pass]] 127.0.0.1:<port>;''' in the nginx configuration file. After being launched, '''php-cgi.exe''' will keep listening for connections in a command prompt window. To hide that window, use the tiny utility [http://redmine.lighttpd.net/attachments/660/RunHiddenConsole.zip RunHiddenConsole] (the original can be found at http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=49184 but downloading requires signing up for the message board. However, the binaries are identical - md5sum abc6379205de2618851c4fcbf72112eb).

== Steps ==
* Install [[Install#Win32_Binaries|nginx for win32]]
* Install the [http://windows.php.net/ Windows binaries of PHP], making sure that php-cgi.exe is installed in the same directory as php.exe.
* Create somewhere (e.g. in <code>c:\nginx\</code> a batch file <code>start-php-fcgi.bat</code> similar to this one:
<pre>
@ECHO OFF
ECHO Starting PHP FastCGI...
set PATH=C:\PHP;%PATH%
c:\bin\RunHiddenConsole.exe C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9123
</pre>

<geshi lang="nginx">
root c:/www;

location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9123;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
</geshi>

== Autostarting PHP and nginx ==

* Schedule a basic (on Windows Vista) task to run the batch file above at system start up under the SYSTEM account.
* If using Windows nginx from http://www.kevinworthington.com/nginx-for-windows, schedule a basic (on Windows Vista) task to run '''C:\nginx\conf\start-nginx.bat''' file at system start up under the SYSTEM account in starting directory '''C:\nginx'''.
* A home made Cygwin build of Nginx can be scheduled using a batch file similar to this:

<pre>
cd /d C:\cygwin\bin && bash -c /usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx
</pre>

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Xiaomao: /* Steps */ No need of cygwin paths, just forward slashes. FIXED all bugs according to Pitfalls. Note that "location ~ \.php$" doesn't have a root!