RE: [PHP4BETA] why are system & exec so slow?

From: Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 19:42:38 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP4BETA] why are system & exec so slow?
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no, it doesn't emit any output at all. -----Original Message----- From: Zeev Suraski [mailto:zeev@zend.com] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 1:54 PM To: Troy Hakala; PHP4-list Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] why are system & exec so slow? Does this script emit lots of output? Zeev At 21:13 30/04/2000 , Troy Hakala wrote: >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? > > >-- >PHP 4.0 Beta Mailing List <http://www.php.net/version4/> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php4beta-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php4beta-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php4beta-admin@lists.php.net -- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/

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