.TH PHP-FPM 1 "2009" "The PHP Group" "Scripting Language"
.SH NAME
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php-fpm \- PHP FastCGI Process Manager 'PHP-FPM'
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B php-fpm
[options]
.LP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBPHP\fP is a widely\-used general\-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for 
Web development and can be embedded into HTML. This is a variant of PHP that will run in the background as a daemon, listening for CGI requests. Output is logged to @php_fpm_localstatedir@/log/php-fpm.log.
.LP
Most options are set in the configuration file. The configuration file is @php_fpm_sysconfdir@/php-fpm.conf. By default, php-fpm will respond to CGI requests listening on localhost http port 9000. Therefore php-fpm expects your webserver to forward all requests for '.php' files to port 9000 and you should edit your webserver configuration file appropriately.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-C
Do not chdir to the script's directory
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.B \-\-php\-ini \fIpath\fP|\fIfile\fP
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.B \-c \fIpath\fP|\fIfile\fP
Look for 
.B php.ini 
file in the directory
.IR path
or use the specified
.IR file
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.B \-\-no\-php\-ini
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.B \-n
No 
.B php.ini 
file will be used
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.B \-\-define \fIfoo\fP[=\fIbar\fP]
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.B \-d \fIfoo\fP[=\fIbar\fP]
Define INI entry 
.IR foo 
with value
.IR bar
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.B \-e
Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
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.B \-\-help
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.B \-h
This help
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.B \-\-info
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.B \-i
PHP information and configuration
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.B \-\-modules
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.B \-m
Show compiled in modules
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.B \-\-version
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.B \-v
Version number
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.B \-\-fpm\-config \fIfile\fP
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.B \-\-y
Specify alternative path to FastCGI process manager configuration file (the default is @php_fpm_sysconfdir@/php-fpm.conf)
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.B \-\-zend\-extension \fIfile\fP
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.B \-z \fIfile\fP
Load Zend extension 
.IR file
.SH FILES
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.B php-fpm.conf
The configuration file for the php-fpm daemon.
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.B php.ini
The standard php configuration file.
.SH EXAMPLES
You should use the init script provided to start and stop the php-fpm daemon. This situation applies for any unix systems which use init.d for their main process manager.
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.RS
sudo /etc/init.d/php-fpm start
.RE
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If your installation has no appropriate init script, launch php-fpm with no arguments. It will launch as a daemon (background process) by default. The file @php_fpm_localstatedir@/run/php-fpm.pid determines whether php-fpm is already up and running. Once started, php-fpm then responds to several POSIX signals:
.P
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.RS
.B SIGINT,SIGTERM 	\fPimmediate termination
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.B SIGQUIT 			\fPgraceful stop
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.B SIGUSR1 			\fPre-open log file
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.B SIGUSR2 			\fPgraceful reload of all workers + reload of fpm conf/binary
.RE
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.SH TIPS
The PHP-FPM CGI daemon will work well with most popular webservers, including Apache2, lighttpd and nginx.
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.SH SEE ALSO
The PHP-FPM website:
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.B http://php-fpm.org
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For a more or less complete description of PHP look here:
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.B http://www.php.net/manual/
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A nice introduction to PHP by Stig Bakken can be found here:
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.B http://www.zend.com/zend/art/intro.php
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.SH BUGS
You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug you
found at:
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.B http://bugs.php.net
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.SH AUTHORS
PHP-FPM SAPI was written by Andrei Nigmatulin. The mailing-lists are highload-php-en (English) and highload-php-ru (Russian).
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The PHP Group: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Andi Gutmans, Rasmus Lerdorf, Sam Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski, Jim Winstead, Andrei Zmievski.
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A List of active developers can be found here:
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.B http://www.php.net/credits.php
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And last but not least PHP was developed with the help of a huge amount of 
contributors all around the world.
.SH VERSION INFORMATION
This manpage describes \fBphp\fP, version @PHP_VERSION@, \fBfpm\fP, version @fpm_version@.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1997\-2009 The PHP Group
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Copyright (c) 2007-2009, Andrei Nigmatulin
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.LP
This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license,
that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is
available through the world-wide-web at the following url:
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.B http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt
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If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to
obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to
.B license@php.net
so we can mail you a copy immediately.