One of the main requirements for a fast web server is to has efficient and effective SQL statements or queries that are optimized. Any non-optimal SQL (Structured Query Language) commands or statements that take too long or lengthy time to execute will use up a lot of system resources, causing MySQL database to run slower, […]

Tuning Apache
Apache is a highly configurable piece of software. It has a lot of features, but each one comes at a price. Tuning Apache is partially an exercise in proper allocation of resources, and involves stripping down the configuration to only what’s needed.
Configuring the MPM
Apache is modular in that you can add and remove features […]

Applications using the LAMP (Linux®, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl) architecture are constantly being developed and deployed. But often the server administrator has little control over the application itself because it’s written by someone else. This series of three articles discusses many of the server configuration items that can make or break an application’s performance. This first […]

AcceptPathInfo Directive

Description:
Resources accept trailing pathname information

Syntax:
AcceptPathInfo On|Off|Default

Default:
AcceptPathInfo Default

Context:
server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess

Override:
FileInfo

Status:
Core

Module:
core

Compatibility:
Available in Apache 2.0.30 and later

This directive controls whether requests that contain trailing pathname information that follows an actual filename (or non-existent file in an existing directory) will be accepted or rejected. The trailing pathname information can be made available to scripts in […]