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How do we call this types of dynamic webpages? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de to c/programming@beehaw.org

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There are web applications that must always run on the server in order to work, create open port/socket we usually reverse proxy via Nginx or Apache later.

But there also are applications that do not run unless resource is requested or cron job is triggered. Most commonly PHP sites.

How can be call this two types to distinguish them?

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[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Probably server-style versus CGI style? But it's a blurry distinction because things we usually run as servers (such as node.js or rails) can hypothetically be run as CGI; and things we usually run CGI style (such as PHP) can also be run server-style with FastCGI.

[–] elmicha@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe you are talking about CGI scripts? With CGI scripts the web server will start a new process for each request. PHP can run as php-cgi, but nowadays mod_php and php-fpm are more common. CGI scripts can also be shell scripts or compiled programs.

[–] obosob@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

As others said, you're talking about CGI

[–] ghostermonster@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks everyone for responces 😊.