PHP CGI start script

php_start.sh

#!/bin/bash
BIND=127.0.0.1:9009
USER=www-data
PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=3
PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=10
PHP_VERSION=`cat ~/.phpenv/version`

PHP_CGI="/home/chris/.phpenv/versions/$PHP_VERSION/bin/php-cgi"
PHP_CGI_NAME=`basename $PHP_CGI`
PHP_CGI_ARGS="- USER=$USER PATH=/home/chris/.phpenv/versions/$PHP_VERSION/bin PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=$PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS=$PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS $PHP_CGI -b $BIND"
RETVAL=0

start() {
      echo -n "Starting PHP FastCGI: "
      start-stop-daemon --quiet --start --background --chuid "$USER" --exec /usr/bin/env -- $PHP_CGI_ARGS
      RETVAL=$?
      echo "$PHP_CGI_NAME."
}
stop() {
      echo -n "Stopping PHP FastCGI: "
      killall -q -w -u $USER $PHP_CGI
      RETVAL=$?
      echo "$PHP_CGI_NAME."
}

case "$1" in
    start)
      start
  ;;
    stop)
      stop
  ;;
    restart)
      stop
      start
  ;;
    *)
      echo "Usage: php-fastcgi {start|stop|restart}"
      exit 1
  ;;
esac
exit $RETVAL

You should be using apt-get install php5-fpm - manual scripts like this are prone to failure.

@xeoncross Fair point! Can you point to the the source conf. file that uses, particularly so I can see how the service is setup prior to installation?

No, I cannot. However it has it's own configuration file you can see after installation that you can customize to your liking. I used to use a custom php-cgi wrapper like this and then I installed php5-fpm (at the same time) and moved everything over and then removed my /etc/init./php-fastcgi script. Actually, I think I have php-cgi still installed - I should remove it since it's not needed for anything.

$ sudo apt-get install php-cli php5-fpm

Is all that's needed for systems running a FastCGI daemon. After install, checkout /etc/php5/ to see the new configs.