What is Apache??

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joetheeskimo5
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What is Apache??

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This may sound dumb, but what exactle is Apache? Does it allow me to host web sites on my computer, or hwhat? I don't see what is has to do with PHP... :?
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Apache is a webserver. [google]Apache Webserver[/google] do a google search....


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yes.. Apache is software that allows you to turn your machine into a web server. The main reason behind using apache for most people, is that it's a free web server, and also because of the ease of implimenting php as a module.

visit http://httpd.apache.org/ for more information.
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