You are using embedded PHP ?

[neorder]

I've seen quite a number of reseller company have this

"You are using embedded PHP " in their phpinfo header, what is it ah

eg http://205.134.251.4/phpinfo.php

also, they seems all using php as apache module, why dathorn use cgi? is this cgi fastcgi? what's the different and what's the pros & cons?

thanks.

[AndrewT]

We utilize phpsuexec or suPHP on all servers. They are both essentially the same, cPanel has just replaced phpsuexec with suPHP in EasyApache 3. Both of these run PHP as CGI. Ultimately this is tremendously more secure than running it as an Apache module.

With phpsuexec / suPHP the PHP scripts are executed as the domain user instead of the generic Apache user (typically "nobody"). This makes tracking down rogue scripts, spammers, etc. very easy. It also removes the need to chmod anything to 777 in order to be able to write to it, which is not a great idea in a shared environment. You can also fully configure your own php.ini file.