How to know for sure if FastCGI is being used to run php scripts

Question

I have a hosted site and I\'m having trouble configuring Joomla (running Joomla + php + mySQL on IIS7 + win server 2008). I have a similar configuration running on a local m

Answer 1

Here's a simple test:

1. Create a phpinfo.php file with

inside;

2. Request http://yoursite.com/phpinfo.php/foobar?foo=bar

3. Check the output of phpinfo and look for _SERVER["REQUEST_URI"].

If this variable is missing, then CGI is used. If the variable is present and correctly set to /phpinfo.php/foobar?foo=bar, then either ISAPI or FastCGI is used. Look near the top of the output for Server API; it should be set to either ISAPI (which means ISAPI is being used) or CGI/FastCGI (which means FastCGI is being used, since we already ruled out CGI).