why are system & exec so slow?
| From: | Troy Hakala | Date: | Sun, 30 Apr 2000 19:13:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | why are system & exec so slow? | ||
| Groups: | php.version4 | ||
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i have a perl script that runs very quickly when run from the command line.
however, when i try to run it from php using system(), exec() or the
backtick operator it takes a LONG time to return. why are these calls so
slow? what can i do to speed it up?