PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN bug?

[Keirnan]

(02-10-2009 11:52 PM)pgentoo Wrote:  Just a followup on this thread...

Relying on the system wide process management via fcgid_ispcp.conf as stated above has been working really well for me. Low load sites spawn up one processes, and after a while of not being hit, this process shuts itself down. For sites that have low but more constant traffic, they keep one process running pretty much all times. On one of my sites that gets pretty constant traffic, at about 2000 unique visits per day, the number of processes fluctuates between 1 and 3 from what i've seen, usually sitting at 1 or 2.

I haven't had any issues running this way, letting mod_fcgid handle all my process management directly, instead of having php do it via the environment variables.

If anyone is having problems with tons of php processes forking off, or processes not terminating when apache restarts, then this setting change is likely for you.

Feed back appreciated...

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pGentoo

This sounds like my problem exactly. I have made my fcgid-ispcp.conf look just like yours. Lets see if that is any better.

After a reboot with your settings, I still have 9 php5-cgi processes running. Shouldn't I only have 5? Or is it a max of 200?

Is there anything else I need to do to let it handle the process management?