1. Download the FastCGI enabled Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 PHP Add-On 1.0.

   Download it to a directory say /export/home.

2. Configure PHP as a FastCGI server on Web Server. To do so, follow the below steps.
• Unzip phppack-5_2_0*.zip in /export/home .

 $ cd /export/home; unzip phppack-5_2_0*.zip 

FastCGI enabled php binary will be in /export/home/php/bin directory.

• Start the Admin server.

  $ <webserver-install-root>/admin-server/bin/startserv

• Configure FastCGI handler as below, using GUI:

  Note: Below example assumes https-test to be the name of an existing Web Server Instance

  • Login to Admin Server GUI page using the below URL:

    http://<host-name>:<admin-server-port>

  • From the Common Tasks page, click on Edit Virtual Server > Content Handling > FastCGI tab.
  • Click New to create a new URI with FastCGI handler mapping.
    Specify the following values:

    
    Applies To: choose “New URI” and specify “/fastcgi/*”
    Role: Responder
    Application Path: /export/home/php/bin/php
    Environment Variables: “PHPRC=/export/home/php”,”LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/export/home/php”,”LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64=/export/home/php/64”
    
                          

  • Click on OK to save changes.
  • Click on Deployment Pending link, followed by a click on Deploy button to deploy the configuration to all nodes.
  • If you are creating a handler for the first time, you will be prompted to restart the instances. Choose Now and click OK to restart the instance(s).


3. Create a soft link from <webserver-install-root>/samples/fastcgi directory to <webserver-instance-docroot> directory.

   $ ln -s <webserver-install-root>/samples/fastcgi <webserver-instance-docroot> 

4. Run the samples as below:
   • Hello World sample URL:

     http://<host-name>:<webserver-instance-port>/fastcgi/HelloWorld.php

   • Directory Listing sample URL:

     http://<host-name>:<webserver-instance-port>/fastcgi/directory.php

   • Page counter sample URL:

     http://<host-name>:<webserver-instance-port>/fastcgi/pageCounter.php

   • Server information sample URL:

     http://<host-name>:<webserver-instance-port>/fastcgi/serverinfo.php

References:

• FastCGI Plugin documentation
• Article - “Using PHP on Sun Java System Web Server”
• PHP Add-On Release Notes
• Sun Java System Web Server Administrator's Guide for FastCGI handler configuration using GUI
• Sun Java System Web Server CLI reference manual for FastCGI handler configuration using CLI