Open source and the web apache and php

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Title: Open source and the web apache and php

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Open source and the web apache and php
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Introduction

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Apache Web Server Software

What is Apache?
HTTP server application, used to share files
using the HTTP protocol
Both UNIX and Windows-based
Downloadable in Windows MSI (self-installer)
format from www.apache.org
Built on httpd (HTTP Daemon)
Apache Foundation formed in February 1995
Apache 1.0 released on 1st December 1995
Accounts for 73 of web servers worldwide
(January 2007)
http//www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/200701/
index.html
Closest rival Microsoft (20)
Platform-independent Can be installed on Unix
and Windows. You can run it on your own PC or
laptop!
1998 - IBM chooses Apache to bundle with
WebSphere software package

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PHP Server-side scripting language

The most popular module for the Apache server
An additional module for Apache. You can download
it from www.php.net
39 of surveyed web servers have PHP installed
http//www.securityspace.com/s_survey/data/man.200
701/apachemods.html
PHP, which stands for PHP Hypertext
Preprocessor, is a widely-used Open Source
general-purpose scripting language that is
especially suited for Web development and can be
embedded into HTML From the PHP Website
www.php.net
Dynamically generates HTML content and interacts
with both databases and users. Rapidly gaining
popularity as the web moves towards Web 2.0.
Can be installed onto most available web server
packages, unlike Active Server Pages (ASP) which
can only be run on Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS) servers, which in turn only run on
Windows.