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This FAQ will explain to you a little bit about PHP and it's availability on the server. Scripts written in PHP can be executed on the server. However there are certain steps that you as a programmer will need to take in order for these scripts to run properly.

    php is available on the servers as a cgi. This means that all of the steps that are necessary to run a perl script also apply to php scripts:

1. The first line in the php file must be:   #!/usr/local/bin/php
2. The file must be executable (chmod 755)
3. The file must be in the cgi-bin directory
   
   If you want to run php scripts from a location other than the cgi-bin directory, you must do the following:
   
   • Create a .htaccess file (or append an already exiting file) with the following directives:
     

     <Files *.php>
        options execcgi
        SetHandler cgi-script
     </Files>
     

We cannot help you with your php scripts.  There are plenty of resources on the Internet for that.  The best resource is the php website itself http://www.php.net

If you have a need to run php as an Apache module (ie mod_php), then you should contact a sales rep at sales@megaton.net and ask them about a dedicated server.

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