Description of Problem:

The php package now has the --enable-discard-path configuration option which 
breaks this Apache configuration for running php scripts through CGI:

AddType handler/x-script-php .php
Action  handler/x-script-php /cgi-bin/php

When called this way with --enable-discard-path, php tries to interpret its own 
binary instead of the php script when.

The --enable-discard-path causes php to ignore the PATH_INFO and 
PATH_TRANSLATED info from Apache. It is designed for hash-bang 
("#!/usr/bin/php") running of php scripts.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

php-4.1.2-7.2.4

(I had been using php-4.0.6-15 which was --enable-discard-path free.)

How Reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install php-4.1.2-7.2.4
2. Setup apache CGI php with above AddType and Action directives.
3. Create test php file in document root.
4. Request test php file.

Actual Results:

Warning: Unexpected character in input: ' ' (ASCII=4) state=1 in /usr/bin/php 
on line 7026
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ' in /usr/bin/php on line 7027
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ' ' (ASCII=4) state=1 in /usr/bin/php 
on line 7027
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ' ' (ASCII=4) state=1 in /usr/bin/php 
on line 7028
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ' ' (ASCII=28) state=1 in /usr/bin/php 
on line 7029
Parse error: parse error in /usr/bin/php on line 7029

Expected Results:

"hello world"

Additional information:

Others are having this problem too and concluding "don't use the RedHat php 
package":

http://lists.dmsolutions.ca/pipermail/maplab-users/2002-July/000156.html