Re: PHP4 Speed Problems

Are you using the zend optimizer? It may help or harm depending on the type of script you've got, but it's worth trying to see the results. I've not run anything in PHP4 that was *slower* than PHP3. I've had a couple scripts where the speed difference was neglible, and those were in scripts that were nearly 100% database calls, and I put the sameness down to database issues. Are you saying *1* script is 70k? Maybe my code is too small! 70k is, imo, quite a lot, tho I'm sure others will say that 70k is nothing. Current project I'm working on has the largest script, with all include files, at <40k. All in all, the 70k might *not* be an issue for PHP, but perhaps your disk access is slower. Are you testing PHP3 and 4 on the same machine, or at least the same hardware/OS combination? What are the speed differences you're seeing? Are you talking a few milliseconds, or *minutes* (?) in time difference? ÐáðáãåëÞò ÁèáíÜóéïò wrote: > Hi to all, > > I have heard several thinks about the speed of the new PHP4 module and I > wanted to test it practice. > I created a dual installation of PHP4 and PHP3 and an ODBC application. I'm > using a total script of 70KB+ size so the interpreted nature of PHP should > have problems with that. > > My impression is that PHP3 is SUPERIOR to PHP4 as far as speed is concerned. > The result was clear but I don't now if it must be atributed to the ODBC or > the script engine. > > Does anyone experienced anything similar???? > Do I have to touch anything to speed up PHP4??? > > S. > -- ========================== Michael Kimsal http://www.tapinternet.com 734-480-9961