How to start, stop and restart Apache in FreeBSD
The most useful options for Apache management: start, stop, restart.
To start:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 start
To stop:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 stop
To restart:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 restart
To restart without aborting open connections:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 graceful