Can u plz explain in detail what Apache is about?
Is it some software to host a website on the internet?
How can i start to learn more about it?
And how are the following related to it:
HTML, PHP, MySQL ?
2007-09-21 22:01:16 · 2 answers · asked by Guess who 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Apache is server software which can be installed on ANY computer. It is at present one of the most used server software packages on the internet. It is easy to install and configure (although some advance setup is needed for "live servers" for security)
HTML is simply Hypertext Markup Language the standard internet page language works on ALL web servers.
PHP is an active server language that allows pages to process data or other commands and is used widely. It is open source and easily added to any server.
MySql is a data base that is also widely used, open sourced, and very flexible and is also easy to add to any server.
A combination of PHP/MySql allows you to build very powerful websites which store and retrieve data (much like you are doing here!) It can be used and is used by many of the Content Management Systems which allows easy live editing of a website.
You can install LAMP (Linux Apache MySql PHP) several of the linux distributions have this as part of the original installation!
You can install WAMP (Windows Apache MySql PHP) http://www.wampserver.com/en/ very simply and easily on any available windows computer. I run one on my laptop for web development.
http://www.wampserver.com/en/
http://apache.org
http://mysql.com
http://www.php.net/
http://lamphowto.com/
2007-09-21 23:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The software apache is designed to server websites on a webserver.
The best place to start learning more about it would be their documentation found here; http://httpd.apache.org/docs/
You can google a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL, PHP) enviorment for more info on the others.
2007-09-22 05:09:39 · answer #2 · answered by Salomon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋