When does PHP interpreter gets loaded / Does every forked Apache child inherits it ?

Hello everybody,
I would like to verify my assumptions concerning the way Apache interracts with PHP. Please verify for me if the following is true for mod_php module:

PHP interpreter gets loaded during the Apache startup.
Because of that, every forked Apache child process inherits PHP interpreter.


Thanks.

 

Yes, every Apache child process has a copy of the PHP interpreter using mod_php. Because of this, mod_php can significantly increase the per child memory requirements.

 

Thanks, thats

 

Thanks, thats what i thought