do php scripts have to be in the cgi-bin?
 

Do php scripts have to be in the cgi-bin to be hahahahahahahad?

No, php does not use Perl to run, totally different scripting languages.

no suh:thumbsup

Depends on the system but most of the time they're all set to hahahahahahaha with the php interpreter.

no

no ... .php can be in any folder

Yes :winkwink:

if they did, why do you think a lot of sites use http://www.site.com/index.php ?

:eek7

CGI has very little to do with a specific scripting language, it's the standard for interfacing external apps with information servers. CGI can be used with scripting languages like Perl, TCL, a Unix shell or PHP, but also with programming languages like C/C++, Fortran, etc etc.


As for if PHP needs to be in the cgi-bin, it depends, like cluck said. If PHP is installed as a module for your server, you can normally speaking run it anywhere. If PHP is installed as a CGI program, you'll generally need to run it in your cgi-bin. The latter is pretty rare though.