Re: Good resources for beginning PEAR

Being serious about the speed, PHP itself is slow too. Use PEAR, put a cache layer on top and speed up your coding and your site :-) Tomas V.V.Cox Eric wrote: > > As of right now, there isn't a good resource for this. Someone is working > on a HOWTO for developers of PEAR modules, but there isn't a decent > resource for getting started with PEAR as a PEAR user. I was planning on > working on this for the PEAR website. For right now, the easiest way to > get started is to execute this: > > lynx -source http://pear.php.net/go-pear | sh > > This will download and install the standard PEAR distribution. You may > want to read through > http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.php > > Most (if not all) PEAR modules are class definitions. Note that you don't > need to write OO code to use objects. You can write structural code using > objects. (Does that count as OOP? :)) > > Using large numbers of libraries written in PHP will certainly be slower > than implementing your own solution. Your program will need to parse all > of the code that is included regardless of if it is used. This is the > drawback to using modules written in the language. However, the PHP > parser is very fast. It really depends on the application you're > developing. > > The PEAR modules are written to make it easier to write portable reusable > code. If you're going for raw speed and application performance, you'll > want to implement your own modules so the parser won't be parsing code > that you'll never use. > > The problem with object oriented code is that there is a _LOT_ of code > that exists simply to maintain the object, perform checks, etc. If you > know what the bounds and limitations are, you know that you'll never need > to check for some errors. Sometimes your application doesn't care if > there is an error. But in the object, the code is there and is executed > none-the-less to deal with the error condition. This is why a lot of > "structural" programmers dislike OO code. > > Good luck :) > > eric > > On Thu, 23 May 2002, olinux wrote: > > > Hi all - I am looking for a good resource to begin > > learning how to use the PEAR repository. > > > > I am specifically interested in the caching classes. > > Should I learn OO prgramming? > > > > one specific question that I have: > > It seems that you would have to include several > > packages to get desired results. i.e caching - > > cache/outputCompression/DB - can this get to intensive > > on the server (numerous includes - defining excess > > functions - renaming functions)? > > > > Thanks Much, > > olinux > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > >