我们需要一个apache服务器来托管php

Question

I want to create a server for php codes to server ajax httprequest.

1.Web Server sends a POST HTTP request by the way of AJAX to this Server, and the php codes in this Server takes the request, and responds via Echo.

Do I need an apache server installed? or just php.

Thanks, techfang

Answer 1

You mention that you're sending an HTTP (POST) request to a server. Which then runs the request through the PHP parser and executes it. Then you ask, do I need an HTTP server?

The answer seems obvious: yes, you do.

Does it need to be Apache? No, it does not need to be Apache; you can also use other HTTP servers such as for example Nginx or Node.

But in the end, to be able to handle an HTTP request, you need a HTTP server. Not just the parser that parses and executes the php script.