Apache vs nginx vs lighttpd (And Cherokee!)

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I've always pronounced it "en jinx". Though I do remember reading somewhere that it's meant to be pronounced engineX.

So do I, even though its not correct, I think most people do.

N-gin-X is how its meant to be though.

i get better stats with lighttpd then with nginx on my site/server. but maybe that this is because i have most PHP and not total static (cached html) pages.

That shouldn't matter. Both nginx and lighttpd proxy to a 3rd party php interpreter like fpm to handle php, so technically that shouldn't make a difference.

I'd personally go with nginx, but thats because its actively developed and they have very helpful/knowledgeable support staff.