ReadMe.md

Documents

This folder contains various documents about FastCGI and CGI.
Some documents describe CGI variables related to the PHP programming language.

Specification

• CGI folder contains the specification of the CGI interface.
• FastCGI folder contains the specification of the FastCGI interface.
• PHP folder contains some useful information about usage of FastCGI in PHP programming language.

Data Sources

• CGI (RFC 3875)

  • The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1
    • https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3875

• FastCGI

  • FastCGI.com
    • www.fastcgi.com (site does not exist anymore)
  • FastCGI-Archives
    • https://github.com/FastCGI-Archives/fastcgi-archives.github.io

• CGI in PHP

  • PHP $_SERVER - Manual
    • https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php
  • PHP FastCGI Example NGINX
    • https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/examples/phpfcgi/