Can Apache work with PHP-FPM?

[Ulugbek]

I am very confused. I have installed apache, plesk on my ubuntu server. As my website grow, I wanted to speed up my processes. That is why I installed Nginx web server and php-fpm support for nginx via plesk web page. I know that the website is still running on Apache. Via services, I see that "PHP-FPM support for nginx" is already running. Is this mean that my website will respond faster than before or as the server running on Apache, "PHP-FPM support for nginx" will not affect to the performance?

If there is some documentation on how to migrate from Apache to Nginx via plesk, please share.

Another question is does Apache also support PHP-FPM. If yes, how to enable this?

Any help is appreciated

 

[IgorG]

When the Process PHP by nginx option is on, Apache does not take any part in processing the requests for PHP files. All requests for PHP files are processed by nginx using the PHP-FPM handler.
More detail you can find in Administrator's Guide - https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/administrator-guide/web-servers/apache-web-server-linux.71933/ https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/administrator-guide/web-hosting/php-management.70668/

 

[PSi_101]

Unfortunately nginx does not support .htaccess files and this is a feature I need. I too would very much like to be able to use PHP-FPM with Apache and not just nginx.
Is this is not possible with Plesk (12.5) right now?

 

[IgorG]

http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PP12/parallels-plesk-12.1-for-linux.html

According to the official Apache documentation, using PHP-FPM is the recommended way to run PHP under Apache 2.4. PHP-FPM is now set to be the default PHP handler when Apache 2.4 is installed on the server. Now it is also available for selection in the PHP handler list in individual domains' web hosting settings, as well as in the service plan settings.

 

[PSi_101]

That's great if you're on a distribution that has Apache 2.4. Unfortunately it's not available in Debian 7 which uses Apache 2.2.

 

[Ulugbek]

When the Process PHP by nginx option is on, Apache does not take any part in processing the requests for PHP files. All requests for PHP files are processed by nginx using the PHP-FPM handler.
More detail you can find in Administrator's Guide - https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/administrator-guide/web-servers/apache-web-server-linux.71933/ https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/12.5/administrator-guide/web-hosting/php-management.70668/

Thank you very much for the links. I could manage to solve the problem. Now the server is running on Apache and Nginx with PHP-FPM.