CGI

A CGI is a script or program requested by the client and run by the server. All output from the CGI is sent back to the client. If you arent familiar with CGI's it is recommended to disable CGI. CGI must be enabled if you wish to use PHP or Perl scripts.

CGI Directory

This directory contains your CGI scripts and programs. If CGI is enabled then any scripts or programs in this directory are executable by anyone with access to the webserver.

Default: c:\cgi-bin\

CGI Directory Alias

This is the shortcut name of the CGI directory to appear in the URL.

ie. http://localhost/[CGI Directory Alias]/cgi.exe
Default: cgi-bin

ie. http://localhost/cgi-bin/cgi.exe

CGI / ISAPI Interpretors (PHP, Perl)

This allows you to specify CGI and ISAPI interpretors for many different scripts and extensions. Remember: CGI Interpretors are EXE's and ISAPI Interpretors are DLL's.

Examples:

For Perl:
extension: pl
interpretor: c:\program files\perl\bin\perl.exe (for CGI interpretor)
or c:\program files\perl\bin\perlIS.dll (for ISAPI Interpretor)

For PHP:
extension: php
interpretor: c:\php\php.exe (for CGI interpretor)
or c:\php\PHP\isapi\sapi\php4isapi.dll (for ISAPI interpretor)

This will result in all scripts with extension .pl to be run with the specifified interpretor.