INST 377 Lecture 6: INST377 Lecture 6: Apache Web Server
9 Feb 2019
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In addition to php, mysql, javascript, css, and html5, there"s a sixth hero in the dynamic. In the case of this book, that means the apache web server. We"ve discussed a little of what a web server does during the http server/ client exchange, but it does much more behind the scenes. For example, apache doesn"t serve up just html files it handles a wide range of files from images and flash files to mp3 audio files, rss (really simple syndication) feeds, and so on. To do this, each element a web client encounters in an html page is also requested from the server, which then serves it up. But these objects don"t have to be static files such as gif images. They can all be gen erated by programs such as php scripts. That"s right: php can even create images and other files for you, either on the fly or in advance to serve up later.
