How to Deploy PHP Applications to Multiple LiteSpeed Servers

LiteSpeed servers offer excellent PHP performance at affordable prices. Here's a complete guide to deploying PHP applications to multiple LiteSpeed shared hosting servers, based on our setup for TrendVidStream . Understanding LiteSpeed LiteSpeed is an Apache-compatible web server with built-in page caching. Key advantages for PHP: LiteSpeed SAPI : Optimized PHP execution (faster than mod_php or PHP-FPM in many cases) Built-in page cache : Serves cached pages without touching PHP Apache-compatible .htaccess : Most Apache rules work unchanged OPcache support : PHP bytecode caching for repeated executions .htaccess Configuration The biggest gotcha is LiteSpeed vs Apache .htaccess differences: # Works on both Apache and LiteSpeed RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L] # LiteSpeed-specific caching (Apache skips this block) < IfModule LiteSpeed > CacheEnable public / # Cache video pages for 6 hours Rewrite