Bug #10800: File uploads take ~70 times longer than downloading files on Apache/PHP.

From: paul@gryphyn.com Operating system: NT 2000 PHP version: 4.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Apache related Bug description: File uploads take ~70 times longer than downloading files on Apache/PHP. I logged this prior to PHP 4.0.5 and was told to do it again if it still occurs. Please help: ID: 9294 Updated by: andi Reported By: paul@gryphyn.com Old-Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Performance problem PHP Version: 4.0.2 Assigned To: Comments: Please try PHP 4.0.4pl1 or 4.0.5 which is due out tomorrow and open a new bug report if this still happens. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-02-16 03:59:04] paul@gryphyn.com Sorry - I'm also using code like this to do the upload: <FORM ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" ACTION="_URL_" METHOD=POST> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="200000000"> Send this file: <INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file"> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send File"> </FORM> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-02-16 03:57:16] paul@gryphyn.com When performing a file upload, PHP runs the CPU to 100% and takes 3.5-4 minutes on a Pentium III 850MHz CPU to upload a 10MB file when downloading the same file on Apache/PHP only takes 3 seconds on the same host and client. It appears the file is being parsed when being uploaded. Is there an option to tell PHP to upload the data and nothing else? Otherwise, it is roughly 70 times slower to upload a file than to download one. I'm using Nusphere's CD when installing the software. -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=10800&edit=1