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Category: Best Apache Module

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pieces-of-the-puzzle dept.

Apache always seems to be pointed out as the definitive Open Source application. This award is for the best open source module for Apache. Is it a scripting language? An encryption extension? Nominate the module that you think adds the best feature to the most popular web server on the Internet.

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  1. mod_php3 by volsung · · Score: 2

    I grew up doing CGI's in Perl, but PHP3 just blew me away when I saw what my roommate was doing with it. This is by far the most awesome extension to Apache I have seen.

  2. php4 aka Zend by Signal+11 · · Score: 2

    session support, exceptional string handling, basic OOP support, fast fast fast, and has a reliable windoze port (so I can convince the PHBs to use php now, and switch to linux for more speed later after they're satisfied).

  3. mod_vhost_alias by Spud+Zeppelin · · Score: 2

    It's not the largest, most cumbersome, or most-widely-used module out there, but...

    1. It's new. As in, actually completed in the last year. :)
    2. It's not a programming language extension, like JServ, PHP, or mod_perl.
    3. It's incredibly useful in the situation for which it was designed (companies with A LOT of virtual hosts).
    4. It's innovative! "Let's write a module to cut down on the administrative overhead of running virtual hosts on Apache." Tony Finch, et al, at Demon Internet definitely had the right idea with this one :)




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