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I have a site running PHP 5.2.17 (the PHP version is non-negotiable for various reasons, technical and policy) with fcgi. This version of PHP was installed through PHPFarm so that I could run other versions of PHP on different subdomains on this server.

Not every page in the site works, unfortunately. I'm getting the following Apache error for some of them:

End of script output before headers: php-cgi-5.2.17

You can see the phpinfo() file here for reference.

Here is the code for /etc/httpd/conf.d/x-pcit-le-ssl.conf:

 <VirtualHost *:443>

        ServerName pcit.extensiononline.ucdavis.edu

        DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/pcit

<Directory "/var/www/vhosts/pcit">
        Options +ExecCGI
        SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
        AddHandler fcgid-script  .php


Action php-cgi /php-fcgi/php-cgi-5.2.17


        <FilesMatch "\.php$">
                SetHandler php-cgi
        </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

RewriteEngine on

# Certificate info here #

ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/pcit.error.log

</VirtualHost>

And here is the code for /var/www/cgi-bin/php-cgi.5.2.17:

    #!/bin/sh
version="5.2.17"

PHPRC=/opt/phpfarm/inst/php-${version}/lib/php.ini
export PHPRC

PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=3
export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN

PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=50000
export PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS

# which php-cgi binary to execute
exec /opt/phpfarm/inst/php-${version}/bin/php-cgi

suexec is installed. Here is the directory listing:

-rwsr-xr-x 1 root apache 14368 Jan 19 08:56 /usr/sbin/suexec*

The server is running Amazon Linux AMI, which I understand is similar to RH 7.

I've Googled and Googled for hours and my fingers are sore. I've found a few pages that deal with this issue, and they seem to indicate problems with fcgi, but I am not sure how to configure it properly. I've found the Apache page for mod_fcgid, but nothing there seems relevant.

I'm relatively new to this level of server administration, so any help anyone can offer would be more than appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Richard Scott Crawford
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    Are you sure you don't have a bug in some of your PHP scripts? What makes you convinced this is an issue with the server, and not an issue with the code being run? – Zoredache Apr 20 '17 at 17:10
  • The code runs just fine on a different server where PHP is installed as a PHP Module. Of course, running PHP 5.2.17 as a module on the new server is not an option. – Richard Scott Crawford Apr 20 '17 at 17:22
  • Anything relevant/interesting in the Apache error log file (`/var/log/httpd/pcit.error.log`)? – Paul Haldane Apr 21 '17 at 08:12
  • Just the `End of script output before headers: php-cgi-5.2.17` error. – Richard Scott Crawford Apr 21 '17 at 15:49
  • What is the previous server's operating system? Have you actually compared the code with diff or used a VCS to compare the code on both servers? – jdog Apr 23 '17 at 21:55
  • The more I research this, the more convinced I am that it's an fcgid issue, so definitely not a server issue after all. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. – Richard Scott Crawford Apr 24 '17 at 19:38

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