http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8924
--- Comment #22 from Dan Kegel dank@kegel.com 2008-09-23 11:45:34 --- "I commented out HTTP_ and got php-cgi.exe to work under wine. "
Thanks, that was the crucial bit of information. (Repeating your statements about persistence was not useful, you have already said that thousands of time.)