Re: PHP 5.3 Suggested Feature List

On 9/11/07, Jani Taskinen <jani.taskinen@sci.fi> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 22:56 +0200, Pierre wrote: > > On 9/10/07, Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote: > > > > 16) Introduce new php.ini files parser/scanner + CGI/FastCGI? > > > > "htaccess" style ini file support > > > > > > > > 1 0 -1 > > > > > > 0 (this can be nice but we need to make sure it's optional because those > > > stat()'s can be very hard on performance which is why many sites turn > > > off .htaccess). > > > > For the record here, a cache is planed once we have a stable version. > > Something like what htscanner does, it already caches the entries > > (cache + stat check once ttl is over). > > Just clarification: the caching is there already. :) > But I didn't use any stat calls for sake of KISS. > When cached results expire, the file (if it exists..) is re-scanned. > Maybe someone has better idea. But that remains to be seen. :) Oh damned me, I did not notice it in the patch :) And I agree, for this feature, a cache system like this one is the easiest way (to maintain and to keep the performance impact as a very low level) and works well. I use such system since months with htscanner (and some ISPs too) and did not notice a significant slow down. Cheers, --Pierre