[minhoryang]

nginx is not for CGI that's why no result showed. CGI was popular at 1990-early 2000. Even apm(apache php mysql) relied on CGI between apache and php.

[icedchai]

When using Apache, PHP was mostly commonly deployed as an Apache module (mod_php.) Almost nobody ran it as CGI unless they had no other choice. mod_php felt very, very fast compared to alternatives.

I remember doing "custom compiles" for a number of local early web host / Internet providers because their admins didn't want to build C code.