Category: apache

Apache vs Nginx Performance: Optimization Techniques

Some years ago, the Apache Foundation’s web server, known simply as “Apache”, was so ubiquitous that it became synonymous with the term “web server”. Its daemon process on Linux systems has the name httpd (meaning simply http process) — and comes preinstalled in major Linux distribut...

Automatic Asset Optimization with Munee

Munee is an asset management tool which can compile LESS, SCSS, or CoffeeScript, manipulate images, minify CSS and JS, and cache assets on the server and client on the fly. It works with PHP 5.3 and newer versions.In this tutorial, we will learn how Munee makes it easy to include assets in templates, how to install i...

Caching Hat-trick: Zend Opcache, Etags and Query Caching

In this article, we will be looking at some of the common caching techniques in PHP: Opcache, Expires Headers and Query Caching in MySQL. We’ll look at additional approaches in part 2.PHP’s Request Lifecycle Before we move on, it’s important to understand PHP’s request lifecycle. What happens behind the scene...