Howtoforge shows you how to use PHP5-FPM with Apache2 on Ubuntu 12.10

This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 12.10 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.

  Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On Ubuntu 12.10