What is the best way to make a web page for restarting apache?

Question

Apache HTTP Server

Actually there will be only one page on php with a button to reload apache.
Needed purely for technical needs.
What is the best way to restart apache?
Call sudo service apache2 restart?
Or are there other options?

Answer 1

There are many options. For example:

• Use supervisord (provides web panel. python). Joyful and angry. Great choice.
• Bicycling (because I'm paranoid and scared to reload apache from php):
  php touches a file. watchdog (yes, at least on the bash) monitors this file using inotify-tools and reloads apache when it changes.
  

Answer 2

I think sudo service apache2 restart will do just fine.

Answer 3

httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/stopping.html

Answer 4

Well, you can still purely reload Apache configs.
but first they need to be checked for validity