Re: php cli script with if-then's very slow

On Thu, August 18, 2005 2:14 am, Frans Fierens wrote: > I've noticed that php cli scripts using for-loops with some > if...then's > are very slow using the php cli (command line interface). The > following > php script takes somewhat 100 seconds (php v5.0.3 on a redhat linux, 3 > Ghz PC). The same program in c (see below) less than 1 second ... I > know > that php is a scripting language, but isn't the difference between de > c > compiled prog and de php script not very extreme ? In the unlikely event that you ever need code like that in a real-life application, write that part of your code in C as a Module for Apache/PHP. A cache like the Zend cache would maybe help a LITTLE as it will parse it all to byte-code only once. Though I suspect it won't help that much, as it will still have run through that byte-code over and over. Do feel free to write all your web server application in C if performance is your primary consideration. :-) -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm