one day I chat with a experienced programmer about devloping file hosting system, he tell me it's need to use cgi in your program to work in best way.
so what is cgi ?
whay to use?
and when?
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A:
Some of these links will be more helpful than others. A google search will find plenty more.
- http://htmlhelp.com/faq/cgifaq.html
- http://www.unixtools.com/cgi.html
- http://www.tech-faq.com/cgi-scripting.shtml
- http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/web/faq/index.xml.ID=CGI
My impression, for what it's worth, is that CGI is less popular than it once was.
There are only 222 questions on SO tagged 'cgi'.
pavium
2009-09-24 21:59:50
thanks, but the essence of my question, is really still need to use CGI nowadays (i mean it can performe thing that cann't done by php).
assaqqaf
2009-09-24 22:21:38
I would be very surprised if there's anything that can be done with GGI that a modern technology like PHP couldn't do. However, the FastCGI Wikipedia article link provided by Sbm007 suggests a few advantages in separating the web application from the server.
pavium
2009-09-24 22:54:11
@pavium: you mean CGI don't have any preference than PHP in functionality neither in performance.
assaqqaf
2009-09-25 10:14:44
I can't comment on the functionality or performance (surely it depends on the implementation) but I thought there might be something in the idea of separating the web application from the server. The Wikipedia FastCGI article says: *This separation allows server and application processes to be restarted independently – an important consideration for busy web sites.* You should ask your experienced programmer precisely what he meant.
pavium
2009-09-25 10:45:55