php cgi htaccess

Question

i try to execute cgi but failed. i include following lines in .htaccess

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +ExecCGI

abc.com/ is equivalent to the /home directory

abc.com/compare is equivalent to the /home/compare directory

abc.com/compare/contact is equivalent to the /home/compare/contact directory

.htaccess file located in contact directory

but server returns the following message.

Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

what is the problem

one more thing is can i see phpinfo() that cgi is enable or not??

Answer 1

Is CGI enabled on your server? You have to enable it in the httpd.conf, take a look at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/cgi.html