using the following valid phhttpd.conf file we get a parse error:

[root@test95 /root]# phhttpd -c /etc/phhttpd.conf.space
/etc/phhttpd.conf.space:1: error: Extra spaces at the beginning of the
document are not allowed


^
couldn't parse config file /etc/phhttpd.conf.space
[root@test95 /root]#

below (between the -'s) is the EXACT file (note whitespace IS important):


-------------- BEGIN FILE --------------------




<phhttpd>


<global>
	<tunnel file="/var/run/phhttpd/tunnel.socket" mode="0600" />
	<control file="/var/run/phhttpd/control.socket" mode="0600" />
	<mime file="/etc/mime.types" />
	<maxfds num="5000" />
</global>





<logging>

	<template name="logtemplate">
		<route source="access" type="file" file="/var/log/phhttpd/access.log"
mode="0660" />
		<route source="referer" type="file" file="/var/log/phhttpd/referer.log"
mode="0660" />
		<route source="agent" type="file" file="/var/log/phhttpd/agent.log"
mode="0660" />
	</template>
</logging>



<virtual docroot="/home/httpd/html">




	<name>localhost</name>

	<listen v4="*" port="80"/>




	<md5 />
	<logs>

		<applytemplate name="logtemplate" />
	</logs>
</virtual>

</phhttpd>
------------------ END FILE ------------------
note that the above file is the exact copy of the /etc/phhttpd.conf
packaged, except with the text of the comments removed ...

The file below is the exact text of the above, but with excess whitespace
removed ... phhttpd parses and starts running using this conf file ...

------------------- BEGIN FILE -------------------------
<phhttpd>
<global>
	<tunnel file="/var/run/phhttpd/tunnel.socket" mode="0600" />
	<control file="/var/run/phhttpd/control.socket" mode="0600" />
	<mime file="/etc/mime.types" />
	<maxfds num="5000" />
</global>
<logging>
	<template name="logtemplate">
		<route source="access" type="file" file="/var/log/phhttpd/access.log"
mode="0660" />
		<route source="referer" type="file" file="/var/log/phhttpd/referer.log"
mode="0660" />
		<route source="agent" type="file" file="/var/log/phhttpd/agent.log"
mode="0660" />
	</template>
</logging>
<virtual docroot="/home/httpd/html">
	<name>localhost</name>
	<listen v4="*" port="80"/>
	<md5 />
	<logs>
		<applytemplate name="logtemplate" />
	</logs>
</virtual>
</phhttpd>
---------------- END FILE ---------------------

The final example uses the stock /etc/phhttpd.conf file; again it appears
like there is trouble parsing the file:

[root@test95 /root]# phhttpd -c /etc/phhttpd.conf
[root@test95 /root]# no control path specified in the config file.

[root@test95 /root]#

But the stock conf file is the same as the two files in our examples
here... so all three files SHOULD be valid conf files, but phhttpd only
accepts one of them ...