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Shendemiar
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Apache process

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Why do i get two apache.exe's running when i start my 1.3.28 apache localserver on my Win XP?
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Because Apache for Windows is multithreaded, it does not use a separate process for each request, as Apache does on Unix. Instead there are usually only two Apache processes running: a parent process, and a child which handles the requests. Within the child process each request is handled by a separate thread.
From http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/platform/windows.html
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Post by Shendemiar »

Thanks. I became paranoid whit all those php.exe problems i've been having....

(funny thing is that i've had that link you gave, open for hours before this thread even strted....)
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