PHP-FPM

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About
PHP-FPM is a process manager for PHP. It is useful as part of the interface between PHP and the web server software (WSS), especially when the WSS does not have an option to integrate directly with PHP.

Common Uses

 * nginx

Links

 * official site
 * current documentation (on the official PHP site)
 * nginx documentation:
 * Module ngx_http_fastcgi_module
 * wiki page
 * FastCGI example
 * Tutorials:
 * Installing PHP 5.3, Nginx And PHP-fpm On Ubuntu/Debian