PHP-FPM(8) Scripting Language PHP-FPM(8)
NAME
php-fpm - PHP FastCGI Process Manager 'PHP-FPM'
SYNOPSIS
php-fpm [options]
DESCRIPTION
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is espe-
cially 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, lis-
tening for CGI requests. Output is logged to /var/log/php-fpm.log.
Most options are set in the configuration file. The configuration file
is /etc/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.
OPTIONS
-C Do not chdir to the script's directory
--php-ini path|file
-c path|file Look for php.ini file in the directory path or use the
specified file
--no-php-ini
-n No php.ini file will be used
--define foo[=bar]
-d foo[=bar] Define INI entry foo with value bar
-e Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
--help
-h This help
--info
-i PHP information and configuration
--modules
-m Show compiled in modules
--version
-v Version number --prefix path
-p Specify alternative prefix path (the default is /usr)
--fpm-config file
-y Specify alternative path to FastCGI process manager con-
figuration file (the default is /etc/php-fpm.conf)
--test
-t Test FPM configuration file and exit If called twice
(-tt), the configuration is dumped before exiting.
--daemonize
-D Force to run in background and ignore daemonize option
from configuration file.
--nodaemonize
-F Force to stay in foreground and ignore daemonize option
from configuration file.
--zend-extension file
-z file Load Zend extension file
FILES
php-fpm.conf The configuration file for the php-fpm daemon.
php.ini The standard php configuration file.
EXAMPLES
For any unix systems which use init.d for their main process manager,
you should use the init script provided to start and stop the php-fpm
daemon.
sudo /etc/init.d/php-fpm start
For any unix systems which use systemd for their main process manager,
you should use the unit file provided to start and stop the php-fpm
daemon.
sudo systemctl start php-fpm.service
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 /var/run/php-fpm.pid determines whether php-fpm is
already up and running. Once started, php-fpm then responds to several
POSIX signals:
SIGINT,SIGTERM immediate termination
SIGQUIT graceful stop
SIGUSR1 re-open log file
SIGUSR2 graceful reload of all workers + reload of
fpm conf/binary
TIPS
The PHP-FPM CGI daemon will work well with most popular webservers,
including Apache2, lighttpd and nginx.
SEE ALSO
The PHP-FPM website:
http://php-fpm.org
For a more or less complete description of PHP look here:
http://www.php.net/manual/
A nice introduction to PHP by Stig Bakken can be found here:
http://www.zend.com/zend/art/intro.php
BUGS
You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug you found at:
http://bugs.php.net
AUTHORS
PHP-FPM SAPI was written by Andrei Nigmatulin. The mailing-lists are
highload-php-en (English) and highload-php-ru (Russian).
The PHP Group: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Andi Gutmans, Rasmus Ler-
dorf, Sam Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski, Jim Winstead, Andrei
Zmievski.
A List of active developers can be found here:
http://www.php.net/credits.php
And last but not least PHP was developed with the help of a huge amount
of contributors all around the world.
VERSION INFORMATION
This manpage describes php-fpm, version 5.4.16.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-2009 The PHP Group
Copyright (c) 2007-2009, Andrei Nigmatulin
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:
http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt
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
license AT php.net so we can mail you a copy immediately.
The PHP Group 2009 PHP-FPM(8)