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in thread LAMP and hosting: Convenient Perl solution, similar to PHP setup?

Shared servers suck.

I've had pretty good experiences with shared hosting, as long as the server is running GNU/Linux, I can ssh in, and all I need is CGI. The problem comes in when CGI is no longer fast enough. At that point, I remember that the hosting provider has mod_php and wish there was a "Perl-equivalent" for it.

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Re^3: LAMP and hosting: Convenient Perl solution, similar to PHP setup?
by Rhandom (Curate) on Mar 12, 2008 at 16:35 UTC
    If they have mod_php you probably don't want to host with them. mod_php is also susceptible to compromise. Most likely they are using fastcgi to run their php or using a php bytecode caching mechanism.

    my @a=qw(random brilliant braindead); print $a[rand(@a)];
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Re^3: LAMP and hosting: Convenient Perl solution, similar to PHP setup?
by perrin (Chancellor) on Mar 12, 2008 at 16:59 UTC
    Are you sure they have mod_php? Many shared hosts run PHP as CGI because they don't trust the security of mod_php in a shared environment.
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      Rhandom wrote

      Most likely they are using fastcgi to run their php or using a php bytecode caching mechanism.

      and you wrote

      Are you sure they have mod_php? Many shared hosts run PHP as CGI because they don't trust the security of mod_php in a shared environment.

      No, I'm not sure. Really? PHP as CGI? I'd just assumed that mod_php was being used. Thank you both. The sites I've dealt with were pretty quick and were getting a fair amount of traffic, and since it was php, I'd just assumed that they running with mod_php. I'll have to make some inquiries to hosting providers. I'd be very curious to know if they're using fastcgi for php, and if I could take advantage of it using Perl.

      Perhaps shared hosting setups offering fastcgi are more common than I'd thought?

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        Ruby on Rails is driving an increased demand for FastCGI. You should be able to find a host offering it without much trouble.
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