FastCGI

One of the main use-cases of FastCGI proxying within Nginx is for PHP processing. Unlike Apache, which can handle PHP processing directly with the use of the mod_php module, Nginx must rely on a separate PHP processor to handle PHP requests. Most often, this processing is handled with php-fpm, a PHP processor that has been extensively tested to work with Nginx.

See also

• Web server: Nginx: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, nginx -t, Nginx logs, Nginx change log, PHP, php-fpm, Let's encrypt, Nginx directives, Reverse Proxy, Configure HTTP redirection Nginx, Return, proxy_pass (Reverse proxy), ngx_http_rewrite_module, /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/, error.log, access.log, /nginx status, AIO