FreeBSD Lighttpd fastcgi php configuration and installation

To configure and install Lighttpd with FastCGI support for PHP on FreeBSD, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Install the Lighttpd web server:

sudo pkg install lighttpd

2. Install the FastCGI module for Lighttpd:

sudo pkg install lighttpd-mod_fastcgi

3. Install PHP:

sudo pkg install php74

4. Enable the FastCGI module in Lighttpd by adding the following line to the server.modules section of the Lighttpd configuration file (/usr/local/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf):

"mod_fastcgi",

5. Configure the FastCGI module by adding the following block to the Lighttpd configuration file:

fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>
  ((
    "bin-path" => "/usr/local/bin/php-cgi",
    "socket" => "/tmp/php.socket",
    "max-procs" => 1,
    "idle-timeout" => 20,
    "bin-environment" => (
      "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "4",
      "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "10000"
    ),
    "bin-copy-environment" => (
      "PATH", "SHELL", "USER"
    ),
    "broken-scriptfilename" => "enable"
  ))
)

6. Restart Lighttpd to apply the changes:

sudo service lighttpd restart

That's it! Lighttpd should now be configured to handle PHP scripts using FastCGI. To test it, you can create a file called test.php in the Lighttpd document root (usually /usr/local/www/lighttpd/) with the following contents:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Then, access http://localhost/test.php in your web browser. You should see a page displaying information about your PHP installation.