RE: [PHP] Performance Hints?

As others said... 32K lines is just too much for compile-and-execute-once (webscripts). If possible, reduce the amount of lines by using conditional includes, as pointed out before. We have a project with 25K lines of perl, but the big difference is that we keep the entire thing in memory. (It listens on a socket, and we connect to it.) What you are hitting here, with 32K lines of webscript, is not so much a PHP limitation, but more of a limitation of the whole concept. Anyone who thinks that you can realisticly expect to load, compile, execute and finish 32K lines of PHP/Perl/ASP/Python/whatever scripted language instantly should take their CS classes again :) But, the 'Zend Repository' or something like that might help you, when it is released. It's supposed to be some kind of in-ram-storage for *compiled* php4 scripts, so that they can execute allmost instantly. (Skip the load & compile steps) It might be worth waiting for that. I'm a bit rusty on the details, so be sure to check with your local Zend.com representative or http://www.zend.com -Sander > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kimsal [mailto:michael@note.themusicguide.com] > Sent: 1 January 1601 01:00 > To: John Brayton > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Performance Hints? > > *SNIP* > > I can't imagine 32,000 lines of code running optimally in ASP, PHP, > ColdFusion or Perl. > > In short, I don't think your problem lies with choosing PHP so much as > trying to fit too much into it. > > > > > I'm finding that a *huge* bottleneck is just parsing the PHP code, > > before it even gets executed. I have a test page that includes > > several files, and many of the included files include other files. > > In total, I have 46 files being included in a page with a total of > > 32,000 lines of code. Just including these files (before even > > executing the code) is taking at least .5 seconds. Note that this > > time does not include the execution of any code, it's just including > > class definitions, etc., to be used later in the page. > > > > We have been using PHP 3, but are just now starting to experiment > > with PHP 4 in hopes that it will help. But there is no noticable > > difference thus far. Any hints??? Am I insane for having such a > > large project in PHP? > > > > Any advice would be welcome. > > > > Thanks!!! > > > > John > >