How do I install PHP as a CGI?

[gilbertsavier]

Hi,
What you need to do is to run:

./configure --without-apache --without-apxs --with-other-options

It will tell you that as you are building it without Apache support, it is building it as a CGI binary.

Then do make ; make install and it should then be installed (/usr/local/bin/php by default)

[steveb124]

There is simple reason behind why you get 'No input file specified' because you have not set the 'doc_root' (in php.ini) to a value which is to the 'DocumentRoot' defined in the apache configuration.