Re: [PHP4BETA] Performance question

Andi, Turning off the debug mode made the biggest difference yet: search "fair" in all php4 debug: 6.2 seconds php4 no debug: 4 seconds php3: 5.9 search "dartmouth" in all php4 debug: 6.8 php4: 4 seconds php3: 6.7 search "dartmouth" in title php4 debug: 4.8 php4: 3 php3: 4.7 search "fair" in policy php3: 5.0 php4: 2 Thanks for your suggestion. I am hopeful that between the release of php version 4 and my upgrading to a faster machine, that the performance of my php based oracle database applications will be acceptable. Sincerely, David Andi Gutmans wrote: > > David, > > It really depends what your scripts do. If they don't have a lot of PHP > code and mostly connect to databases then that is where your overhead is > and PHP 4 won't be able to help too much. Also by default the Beta version > (because it is a development version) is compiled in debug mode. > Configuring it with --disable-debug should speed things up a bit if you > haven't done so already. > > Andi > > At 04:38 PM 12/22/99 -0500, David Munsey-Kano wrote: > >Well, I compiled and installed the beta 4 on my poor little DEC > >Alphastation 255/233. When I did some quick and dirty timings on my > >Oracle database application with the Beta version 4 as compared to php > >3.0.12 (both running as part of Apache 1.3.6) they came out very close > >to the same. (Well within the accuracy of my finger on my stopwatch :-) > > > >search "fair" in all > >php4: 6.2 seconds > >php3: 5.9 > > > >search "dartmouth" in all > >php4: 6.8 > >php3: 6.7 > > > >search "dartmouth" in title > >php4: 4.8 > >php3: 4.7 > > > >I know that the above test is probably spending much of its time in the > >oracle ConText search engine, although the same search done from within > >SQL*Plus *is* much quicker... > > > >Luckily, I'll be moving to a faster Unix box as soon as we can get > >Oracle installed there so I can rebuild apache/php for that platform. > >Maybe that will get my searches back under the 2-3 second level again. I > >am also planning on trying a different database schema to simplify the > >sql/ConText queries that are required for my searches. But I already > >know that won't save more than a second or two, because I can simulate > >those results with my existing schema. > > > >Thanks for all your help. I'm going to sign-off the list for now, as I > >am not developing version 4 and this list has quite a bit of traffic! If > >you reply to this, please reply to my individual message too and I will > >do the same. > > > >Sincerely, David > >----------- > >David Munsey-Kano wrote: > > > > > > rasmus@php.net wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi! I am new to this list and have a question. I have had some > > > > > experience programming ColdFusion and PHP3 and the performance (at > > least > > > > > with my servers) of ColdFusion is superior. How much better is the > > > > > performance of PHP version 4 as compared to PHP3? I am doing Oracle > > > > > database programming. > > > > > > > > What type of server are you on? NT? If so, you are comparing apples and > > > > oranges. Try PHP on a Unix server. PHP 4 will provide better > > performance > > > > on NT, but with PHP 3 the Windows version is really just for prototyping > > > > applications. PHP 3 on Windows (and NT itself if you want my opinion) is > > > > not a production quality solution. PHP 4 attempts to become production > > > > quality even on Windows and you should try out the ISAPI version if you > > > > want to do comparisons on NT. > > > > > > > > -Rasmus > > > > > > -- > > > David Munsey-Kano > > > Dartmouth College > > > (603) 646-1320 > > > >-- > >David Munsey-Kano > >Dartmouth College > >(603) 646-1320 > > > >The world is full of zanies and fools, who don't believe in sensible > >rules, and don't believe what sensible people say, and because these > >daft and dewey-eyed dolts keep building up impossible hopes, impossible > >things keep happening everyday! > > > >-- > >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 > > --- > Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> > http://www.zend.com/ -- David Munsey-Kano Dartmouth College (603) 646-1320 The world is full of zanies and fools, who don't believe in sensible rules, and don't believe what sensible people say, and because these daft and dewey-eyed dolts keep building up impossible hopes, impossible things keep happening everyday!