Just a thought............... I set up some scripts to run with FastCGI and one of the things that needed to be set right was the configuration for mod_fcgi in httpd.conf. Depending on the way mod_fcgi is configured, the fcgi scripts are handled in different ways...static....dynamic...etc. You might need to read up on it. I needed a line "FastCGIConfig -restart" in my httpd.conf to get mine working. The difference between static and dynamic scripts is important. One way keeps the same script going, the other will kill and restart a server for each connection. I have no idea how it affects sockets.