Re: Smart strings & memory allocation
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:59:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Smart strings & memory allocation | ||
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> In fact, that was initial though behind all my tests - to see how many
> small blocks PHP allocates, what are these small blocks and how well they
> are cached. If anybody is interested in working or it or has suggestions
> about that - I can share my thoughts.
If you are concerned about PHP's memory footprint, then
relying on your own memory management makes matters only
worse.
Why? It would effectively lock up memory in a PHP-specific
area, so that other 3rd party software (web server,
libraries) won't have access to unused resources anymore.
- Sascha