[wp-testers] wp-testers Digest, Vol 68, Issue 6

Brian Layman Brian at TheCodeCave.com
Sun Oct 24 23:17:28 UTC 2010


> Quickly about the Internal Server Error.  It most probably has to do with
using fast graphics on a server.  
> Older version of Apache like 1.333 are still in use with major hosting
sites.  
> Using fast graphics with this slopped together code from wordpress will
quite often cause 
> 500 errors by causing the server to time out on you. 

Just so that it doesn't create further confusion, I believe the "Fast
Graphics" referred to here is a misunderstanding of what FastCGI is.

I wrote a big long response to this and then decided it really doesn't
belong on the list. So I've turned it into a post on my site. 

In short, CGI no longer stands for Computer Graphics Interface as it did in
the DOS era. It is now the Common Gateway Interface and governs how the
server talks to console programs. 

 All of this, and how it relates to PHP & WordPress, is explained in much,
much more detail here:
http://thecodecave.com/2010/10/24/what-is-cgi-and-what-is-fastcgi/

Brian Layman
eHermits, inc.



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