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While many PHP coders focus upon optimizing their code structure, there are important server-side issues that can impact the performance of your PHP-based application as well.

This article looks at host-based authentication in Apache to restrict access to chosen directories.

Mod_gzip is a module for Apache that compresses the content it serves on request. This speeds up any site’s load times. This tutorial describes how to install mod_gzip with no need to recompile Apache.

This article is a short guide to the common uses of the .htaccess file under Apache: custom error messages, changing the default home page and password protecting webpages.

As server traffic becomes increasingly globalized, it’s important to show content in the right languages and delivery channels based upon the originating IP of the user.

Setting proper permission settings can help secure your Apache server, while also providing web administrators with proper access to build, update and maintain sites. The base level user on an Apache server is the root user, which has complete read and write access to all files on the server.

For server administrators who need a way to make minor configuration updates without editing the http.conf configuration file, .htaccess facilitates updates to Apache modules including memory limits, access limitations, password protection and other configuration features.