Re: Chat with PHP and MySQL - come and chat about Linux problems...

Marian Vasile <marian@investments.ro> wrote: //snipped! This list is long enough! >The main problem I have with my chat is that after some use of it, the >server is going very very slowly. >Someone with (256Mb, 800Mhz and just my chat running (Linux also)) told me >that the chat is still doing this stuff. >The problem he told me about it, it's that the httpd (apache) connections >don't close. //end snip It could be that (although I'd expect them to close unless your code or your Apache settings explicitly keep them open) or it could be the forking (careful how you pronounce that!) of Apache. What kernel are you using? Going to 2.4 should show an improvement in Apache performance if the forking is the problem. I'll try a look at the code, but there are far better code readers out there than me! -- ****************************************************************************** Marx: "Why do Anarchists only drink herbal tea?" Proudhon: "Because all proper tea is theft." ******************************************************************************