Re: Unicode-compatible extensions (was Re: [PHP-DEV] type hinting throwing a fatal error)

Fair enough Wez :) On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 20:34 -0400, Wez Furlong wrote: > In some environments you *need* to run a zts enabled PHP. > People that run in those environments can heed the warnings about > potential stability issues, evaluate them, and decide whether it makes > sense for their application. > > I don't see any compelling need to rip out a feature that is essential > for some platforms, just because it might not work so well on others. > > --Wez. > > > > On 8/25/05, John Coggeshall <john@coggeshall.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 23:09 +0300, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > There are almost no advantages to multithreaded PHP. There are > > > disadvantages (the reduced stability is inherent; no matter how good PHP > > > gets, multi-process deployments are by definition more > > > robust). Performance is slightly degraded too, so why bother? > > > > > I'm not saying we should get rid of the thread safe mode, but frankly, the > > > main reason is that it doesn't bother anybody and is useful for some > > > people. Not because I think we'll ever quite get there. > > > > Why not just get rid of it then? (i.e. something as simple as just not > > allowing it to be turned on at all) and instead provide a nice automated > > fastCGI install in its place? I seem to recall seeing something > > somewhere along the line about fastCGI being faster then prefork Apache > > as well (there was a patch?), if I am remembering correctly wouldn't it > > make sense to make that the default installation method across the > > board? At the very least it makes sense for threaded environments > > obviously... > > > > John > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > >