Apache with standalone PHP might prove far less optimal than a lightweight event-driven Web server like Nginx with standalone PHP. My mental wheels began turning.

If you've never deployed a website with the Apache web server, you're about to learn how. Every so often, taking a step back and going through the basics is good.

Roy C. Hoobler examines a number of Apache projects that are just as interesting as the flagship Web server. Written by Roy C. Hoobler, Contributor Sept. 29, 2002 at 5:00 p.m. PT ...