Install PHP as CGI on DH

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Install PHP as cgi tutorial for DH

Create a cgi-bin folder in your web directory
/yourwebsite.com/cgi-bin

Put these two files php-copy.sh and php-update.sh in your main website directory.
/yourwebsite.com

Create php as CGI
php-copy.sh

#!/bin/sh
CGIFILE="$HOME/testsite.superbdevelopment.net/cgi-bin/php.cgi"
INIFILE="$HOME/testsite.superbdevelopment.net/cgi-bin/php.ini"
rsync -a /dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi "$CGIFILE"
# REMOVE THE FOLLOWING LINE TO CREATE THE UPDATE-ONLY SCRIPT:
cp /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini "$INIFILE"

perl -p -i -e '
s/.*post_max_size.*/post_max_size = 100M/;
s/.*upload_max_filesize.*/upload_max_filesize = 100M/;
' "$INIFILE"

To keep php up to date

#!/bin/sh
 
 test $# = 0 && exit 1
 while test "$1";do
   case $1 in
     -php5) PHP=php5 ;; 
     -sm) shift; SM=$1 ;;
     -rg) shift; RG=$1 ;;
     -pms) shift; PMS=$1 ;;
     -umfs) shift; UMFS=$1 ;;
     -mqg) shift; MQG=$1 ;;
     -met) shift; MET=$1 ;;
     -mit) shift; MIT=$1 ;;
     -ml) shift; ML=$1 ;;
     *) D=$1 ;;
   esac
   shift
 done
 test "$D" || exit 1
 test -d "$HOME/$D" || exit 1
 CGI="$HOME/$D/cgi-bin"
 mkdir -m0755 -p $CGI || exit 2
 
 PHP=${PHP:-php}
 SM=${SM:-On}
 RG=${RG:-Off}
 PMS=${PMS:-8M}
 UMFS=${UMFS:-7M}
 MQG=${MQG:-Off}
 MET=${MET:-30}
 MIT=${MET:-60}
 ML=${ML:-8M}
 
 CGIFILE="$CGI/$PHP.cgi"
 INIFILE="$CGI/php.ini"
 
 echo "CGI=$CGI MQG=${MQG} UMFS=${UMFS} PMS=${PMS} RG=${RG} SM=${SM} MET=${MET} MIT=${MIT} ML=${ML}" >&2
 
 rsync -au /dh/cgi-system/$PHP.cgi "$CGIFILE"
 [ -s /etc/$PHP/cgi/php.ini ] && \
   sed -e "s/^safe_mode[ ]*=.*/safe_mode = $SM/" \
   -e "s/register_globals[ ]*=.*/register_globals = $RG/" \
   -e "s/magic_quotes_gpc[ ]*=.*/magic_quotes_gpc = $MQG/" \
   -e "s/.*post_max_size.*/post_max_size = $PMS/" \
   -e "s/.*upload_max_filesize.*/upload_max_filesize = $UMFS/" \
   -e "s/.*max_execution_time.*/max_execution_time = $MET/" \
   -e "s/.*max_input_time.*/max_input_time = $MIT/" \
   -e "s/.*memory_limit.*/memory_limit= $ML/" \

 
 chmod 0755 "$CGIFILE"
 chmod 0644 "$INIFILE"
 [ -s $CGI/.htaccess ] || echo "Options -Indexes" > $CGI/.htaccess
 touch $HOME/$D/.htaccess
 if grep -q '^Options' $HOME/$D/.htaccess; then
   grep -q '+ExecCGI' $HOME/$D/.htaccess || \
     sed -i 's/^Options\(.*\)/Options\1 +ExecCGI/' $HOME/$D/.htaccess
 else
   echo "Options +ExecCGI" >> $HOME/$D/.htaccess
 fi
 grep -q '^AddHandler[ ]\+php-cgi[ ]\+.php' $HOME/$D/.htaccess ||
   echo "AddHandler php-cgi .php" >> $HOME/$D/.htaccess
 if grep -q '^Action[ ]\+php-cgi' $HOME/$D/.htaccess; then
   sed -i "s@^Action[ ]\+php-cgi.*@Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/$PHP.cgi@" \
     $HOME/$D/.htaccess
 else
   echo "Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/$PHP.cgi"  >> $HOME/$D/.htaccess
 fi

Check your cgi-bin directory to make sure you have the following in your .htaccess file.
If it is not then do the following
/yourwebsite.com/cgi-bin/
Inside the cgi-bin directory create a .htaccess file with this code inside it:

redirect 301 php.cgi http://yourwebsite.com
redirect 301 php.ini http://yourwebsite.com

Run the two .sh scripts in your SSH console make sure you leave them at the defaults then you can go edit your php.ini file to your custom settings.

Once your complete add this to the .htaccess file for your website content
/yourwebsite.com

Options +ExecCGI 
Options -Indexes
AddHandler php-cgi .php
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php.cgi