REDIRECT_STATUS Environment Variable

[ale]

I chose to install PHP without using the preconfigured package as a learning experience. I had a few problems at the beginning until in "FastCGI (Local - Pipes)" I changed the Type option from "PHP Style" to "Standard" but now PHP 5.2.5 seems to run nicely with Abyss X1 on Windows. I installed phpBB and MediaWiki without problems.

Now the only question left is: I still need the REDIRECT_STATUS environment variable set to 200 or maybe this setting was related to the choice of "PHP Style" and thus not needed anymore?

Thanks

[aprelium]

[ale]

So to recap we have two possibilities

a) Generally PHP default is cgi.force_redirect = 1, like in the Windows installer offered on the PHP web site and we need to declare a REDIRECT_STATUS custom environment variable as explained in http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php.html

b) or like in the preconfigured PHP package offered here where php.ini has cgi.force_redirect set to 0 and in fact http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php5win.html doesn't mention the need of a REDIRECT_STATUS variable


I read in the PHP manual

About cgi.force_redirect
cgi.force_redirect is necessary to provide security running PHP as a CGI under most web servers. Left undefined, PHP turns this on by default. You can turn it off at your own risk.
Note: Windows Users: You can safely turn this off for IIS, in fact, you must. To get OmniHTTPD or Xitami to work you must turn it off.

About cgi.redirect_status_env
If cgi.force_redirect is turned on, and you are not running under Apache or Netscape (iPlanet) web servers, you may need to set an environment variable name that PHP will look for to know it is OK to continue execution.
Note: Setting this variable may cause security issues, know what you are doing first.

So to my understanding these are mostly security settings but may impact functionality and the "right" choice is OS dependant and web server dependant

For Abyss on Windows is there a preferred or suggested setting, or maybe a) and b) outlined above are equivalent?

A comment about cgi.redirect_status_env which seems tied to the cgi.force_redirect setting?

Sorry for the lenghty post...

[aprelium]

ale,

REDIRECT_STATUS is not needed for Abyss Web Server (nor is the CGI force redirect thing which has been made for Apache and other servers). So you can safely ignore it and set cgi.force_redirect to 0.
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[ale]

Thanks for the clear and concise answer, I understood