Re: Any (Perl && PHP) users here?

On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 16:38:13 mst7mst, Duke Normandin (01031149@3web.net) wrote: >I recently wrote one of my first Perl shell scripts to interface my >DOS >MUA with the Win9x mail gateway that I use. I then wrote the script >in >PHP. The Perl script smokes the PHP one by such a margin, that I'm >here >asking for your comments/suggestions. I must have done something >wrong, >but what I don't know. I'm running both these scripts on a 486-66 w/ >20M >RAM. The Perl script is blazingly fast; the PHP one *very* sluggish. >Both >work as intended. Both scripts take the ascii output of PMail in the >form >of: >Line1: $$ sender_email_address >Line2: T recipient_email_address >Line3: C cc_email address (if required) > Blank line > message body > >and writes two text files: msgxxx.wrk and msgxxx.txt. The former >contains >*only* the above $$/T/C fields re-formated; the latter *only* the >message >body. All quite simple really. However, like I said, the difference >in >performance is astonishing. I'm using Perl4 (works for me!) and >PHP3.14. >Tia... Is there lots of stuff in php.ini? try deleting and see if it's faster. also get php4 and try that. - Mark