RE: [PHP] upgrade to 4.3.0 nearly doubled execution time

Is there any update on the performance issues with 4.3.x? Are they being addressed in 4.3.2RC1? TIA Kirk > -----Original Message----- > From: Rasmus Lerdorf [mailto:rasmus@lerdorf.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 7:10 PM > To: Jason k Larson > Cc: Rhett Livingston; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] upgrade to 4.3.0 nearly doubled execution time > > > Yes, I have noticed some performance issues as well, but we > need to nail > it down better before we can start really going after this. > Could we call > on the collective masses of php-general users to run some > benchmark tests? > > Just build yourselves a libphp4.so for both 4.2.x and 4.3.x > and switch the > LoadModule line back and forth to benchmark the two versions. > Then use > something like http_load (http://www.acme.com/software/http_load/) to > check various simple scripts. We need to figure out if this is an > across-the-board performance problem or if it is one particular aspect > which has slowed down. > > -Rasmus > > On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Jason k Larson wrote: > > > I'm betting this is related... > > > > I upgraded to 4.3.0 on my production linux servers and began to have > > serious socket connection issues. Rolling back to 4.2.3 cleared > > everything up. I also saw an increase in script execution > times with > > 4.3.0, which became much better using 4.2.3. I noticed some very > > strange behavior which leads me to believe 4.3.0 is not stable, and > > shouldn't be used in a production environment. > > > > So, all I can suggest for now is to determine what it is > you need, and > > if a newer version of PHP will suit, go for it. But stay away from > > 4.3.0 and 4.3.1 (which I've read up on and hasn't addressed > any of these > > issues). > > > > Regards, > > Jason k Larson > > > > > > Rhett Livingston wrote: > > > I upgraded my development system from PHP 4.1.2 to PHP > 4.3.0 last week and > > > the performance of my scripts took a dive. Specifically, > the average time > > > to parse my scripts (time from executing first line of > code to executing > > > first line after includes) went from about 100ms to about > 200ms, and, very > > > oddly, my times to connect to an Oracle database also > went up by about the > > > same margin. > > > > > > Switching back to 4.1.2 clears the problem back up. > > > > > > What changed between 4.1.2 and 4.3.0 that could cause > this? File IO stuff > > > perhaps? Any ideas to solve it? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Rhett Livingston > > > > > > I'm running WinXP Pro, IIS, PHP as a CGI, and Oracle 9.2.