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Hiawatha version: 8.0
Operating System: lucid puppy 5.2.8
Please look at my post below and tell me what to change to make php work
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=91150

Remove the CGIextension setting and make sure PHP is running correctly in FastCGI mode.

thanks for your reply
Please tell me how to test if php is running in fastcgi mode as i am new to linux

i commented
CGIhandler = /usr/sbin/php-fcgi:php
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/perl:pl
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/python:py
#CGIextension = cgi
#CGIextension = pl
#CGIextension = php
TimeForCGI = 60
but still i get 500 internal server error and my error.log is
127.0.0.1|Sat 04 Jan 2014 19:37:16 +0800|/root/Web-Server/index.php|Unknown option. Use '-h' for help.
127.0.0.1|Sat 04 Jan 2014 19:37:16 +0800|/root/Web-Server/index.php|no output

CGIhandler must point to php, not php-fcgi. php-fcgi is Hiawatha's deprecated tool to start PHP in FastCGI mode.

CGIhandler = /usr/bin/php5-cgi # or wherever your PHP CGI binary is located.

Oh, and btw. You are using PHP in both normal and FastCGI mode. Please, read all the HOWTO pages first.

i searched my linux directory for php-cgi and it is not there. i have only php-fcgi
how can i use only fast server mode only

Ask the creators of Puppy Linux how to install PHP. I'm not familiar with Puppy Linux, so I have no idea how to do that.

i get Unknown option. Use '-h' for help.
which is same as i type php-fcgi on the terminal
i have

# COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE (CGI) SETTINGS
# These settings can be used to run CGI applications. Use the 'php-fcgi'
# tool to start PHP as a FastCGI daemon.
#
#CGIhandler = /usr/sbin/php-fcgi:php
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/perl:pl
#CGIhandler = /usr/bin/python:py
#CGIextension = cgi
#CGIextension = pl
CGIextension = php
#TimeForCGI = 60


FastCGIserver {
    FastCGIid = PHP-fpm
    ConnectTo = 127.0.0.1:9000
    Extension = php
    SessionTimeout = 60
}

the hiawatha howto tells the fastcgiserver extension overrides the cgihandler. but that does not happen. iam using hiawatha 8
i want php-fpm to handle the php calls
i checked by typing php-fpm at terminal it says it is already listening on 127.0.01:9000
but still i get " Unknown option. Use '-h' for help. " emitted by php-fcgi
Please help

For some reason, you are still trying to use php-fcgi as a PHP FastCGI daemon. php-fcgi does the same as php-fpm: starting PHP as a FastCGI daemon. I still see php-fcgi in your Hiawatha config, you should remove it to prevent future mistakes. Change it to /usr/bin/php5-cgi. Install php-cgi if it's not available. You can skip the installation of php-cgi if you chose to use php-fpm, which is recommended as php-fcgi is removed from later Hiawatha versions.

After changing the configuration, don't forget to restart Hiawatha.