a touch more futzing with lighttpd config before just ditching it for nginx :P

docroot/html/phpinfo.php

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?php phpinfo(); ?>

docroot/lighttpd.conf

@@ -11,60 +11,7 @@ accesslog.filename = env.VIRTUAL_ENV + "/src/docroot/access.log"
 
 setenv.add-environment = ("PATH" => env.PATH)
 
-cgi.assign = (".cgi" => "")
-
-# mimetype mapping
-mimetype.assign = (
-  ".pdf" => "application/pdf",
-  ".sig" => "application/pgp-signature",
-  ".spl" => "application/futuresplash",
-  ".class" => "application/octet-stream",
-  ".ps" => "application/postscript",
-  ".torrent" => "application/x-bittorrent",
-  ".dvi" => "application/x-dvi",
-  ".gz" => "application/x-gzip",
-  ".pac" => "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
-  ".swf" => "application/x-shockwave-flash",
-  ".tar.gz" => "application/x-tgz",
-  ".tgz" => "application/x-tgz",
-  ".tar" => "application/x-tar",
-  ".zip" => "application/zip",
-  ".mp3" => "audio/mpeg",
-  ".m3u" => "audio/x-mpegurl",
-  ".wma" => "audio/x-ms-wma",
-  ".wax" => "audio/x-ms-wax",
-  ".ogg" => "application/ogg",
-  ".wav" => "audio/x-wav",
-  ".gif" => "image/gif",
-  ".jpg" => "image/jpeg",
-  ".jpeg" => "image/jpeg",
-  ".png" => "image/png",
-  ".xbm" => "image/x-xbitmap",
-  ".xpm" => "image/x-xpixmap",
-  ".xwd" => "image/x-xwindowdump",
-  ".css" => "text/css",
-  ".html" => "text/html",
-  ".htm" => "text/html",
-  ".js" => "text/javascript",
-  ".asc" => "text/plain",
-  ".c" => "text/plain",
-  ".cpp" => "text/plain",
-  ".log" => "text/plain",
-  ".conf" => "text/plain",
-  ".text" => "text/plain",
-  ".txt" => "text/plain",
-  ".dtd" => "text/xml",
-  ".xml" => "text/xml",
-  ".mpeg" => "video/mpeg",
-  ".mpg" => "video/mpeg",
-  ".mov" => "video/quicktime",
-  ".qt" => "video/quicktime",
-  ".avi" => "video/x-msvideo",
-  ".asf" => "video/x-ms-asf",
-  ".asx" => "video/x-ms-asf",
-  ".wmv" => "video/x-ms-wmv",
-  ".bz2" => "application/x-bzip",
-  ".tbz" => "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
-  ".tar.bz2" => "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
-  "" => "text/plain"
- )
+cgi.assign = (
+    ".cgi" => "",
+    ".php" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi"
+)