Re: DB performance

On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Christian Stocker wrote: > On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, Martin Jansen wrote: > > > On Sat, 6 Oct 2001 12:04:33 +0200, Edin Kadribasic wrote: > > > > >Are there any numbers on how big is the performance loss when using PEAR::DB > > >as opposed to using db backend functions directly? > > > > Some time ago during the discussion about merging PHPLIB into PEAR someone > > (Christian Stocker?) made a performance comparison between the DB class of > > PHPLIB and PEAR::DB. I don't remember if he also measured the time the > > backend functions directly need, but perhaps you can find some pieces of > > information in the mailinglist archive. > > yes, that was me. but i wouldn't call those benchmark tests > scientifically correct :) and i didn't test it with the "native" backend > functions. just a pear to phplib comparison. See > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-pear&m=98396772605723&w=2 > for the thread > Thanks for the link. Those numbers don't look too good and confirm my suspicion of noticable performance loss (as in pages/sec) when switching from "native" calls to Pear. Pear::DB is so nice to work with that I would have a hard time switching back from it because of the performance issues. If I remember correctly somebody mentioned porting the package to C to address those. Any news on that front?