Re: Speed concerns with OOP and PHP4

"John Wells" <jb@sourceillustrated.com> wrote... : > I'm working on a large VB/Sql Server to Php/Postgresql conversion (approx. > 60k lines of code). First of all, VB is precompiled and PHP is not. This will already be slower. So, you gonna need to create a logic that loads only the necessary classes for every request. In VB you wouldn't probably need it. > I'd like to design this thing as OO as possible, because I think > ultimately it leads to better, more extendable and readable software. Good idea. > However, since php does the whole copy thing with objects, I'm a little > concerned. > > Is this "deficiency" on the part of PHP 4 something I should be concerned > about? Depends al on the logic you will give to it. > If I have a 60k loc fully object-oriented php app with a large > amount (approx. 500 or so) queries to a db, am I making a mistake by going > OO? 500 queries wan't really matter because it has few to do with OO/PHP. 60k of code, if all together on the same request will be definitely slow. So, make sure that *only* the required classes are loaded on each execution. -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net