FastCGI v1.5 Released for IIS 6 and IIS 5.1

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I’m pleased to inform you that Microsoft has released FastCGI version 1.5 for IIS 6 and IIS 5.1, as per Ruslan’s posting on blogs.iis.net up on https://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2010/01/18/fastcgi-extension-1-5-for-iis-5-1-and-iis-6-0-rtw.aspx.  FastCGI is the handler for PHP requests on IIS, and now features:

  • Monitor changes to a file (php.ini as an example). Will recycle FastCGI processes for the process pool.
  • Real-time tuning of MaxInstances setting. Set by default now.
  • STDERR stream handling.
  • Sending a termination signal to FastCGI processes for cleaner shutdowns.
  • _FCGI_X_PIPE_ environment variable for communication between the extension and FastCGI process.
  • Relaxed enforcement of response headers syntax.
  • Per-application FastCGI process pools. Allows for two different PHP version used for different applications within the same web site.
  • Using UTF-8 encoding for server variable values.
  • More descriptive error messages
  • Changes in default values for configuration settings.

You can get the latest FastCGI module from the Microsoft Web Platform Installer on https://www.microsoft.com/web.

Enjoy!