Hope this is the right place to ask the question.

Can anyone advise which 'flavour' of linux might be suited to a standalone, internet facing web server.

The machine need doing nothing except serve html/php and maybe have some kind of DB on it (although the DB may possibly be migrated to a dedicated server).

I don't want a distro argument, I just am not familiar with the current crop of distributions and unsure which might best fit the need.