lighttpd forum lighty > fast_cgi (php) on Solaris

php-cgi -v
PHP 5.2.5 (cgi-fcgi) (built: Apr 25 2008 08:27:36)
Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies
    with XCache v1.2.2, Copyright (c) 2005-2007, by mOo

lighttpd -v
lighttpd-1.4.18 (ssl) - a light and fast webserver
Build-Date: Feb  2 2008 10:34:29

uname -a
SunOS aaa.joyent.us 5.11 snv_89 i86pc i386 i86pc

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static-file.exclude-extensions = (".php", ".pl", ".cgi", ".fcgi")

fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>
   (( "socket" => base + "/lighttpd/php-fastcgi.socket" + var.PID,
      "bin-path" => "/opt/local/bin/php-cgi -c /usr/local/etc/php.ini",
      "min-procs" => 1,
      "max-procs" => 1,
      "idle-timeout" => 20,
      "bin-environment" => (
        "PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "16",
        "PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "2500" ),
      "bin-copy-environment" => (
        "PATH", "SHELL", "USER" ),
      "broken-scriptfilename" => "enable"
   ))
 )

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Problem:

error_log fills up with these:

(connections.c.321) unexpected end-of-file: 21

with a different number every time

php error log is empty
no 500s are served (and nobody reported one)

Any idea what could be causing this?

Also zlib.compression is broken (when you use it, PHP "forgets" to send
the gzip header)

Disabling keep alive apparently fixes it. Or, nearly.