Re: Robust and High Performance PHP with IIS: Using FastCGI

Some new benchmarks that show that FastCGI is faster than running in ISAPI or CGI mode under IIS. FastCGI 23.62 requests/sec ISAPI 9.75 requests/sec CGI 6.95 requests/sec This suggests that if you use PHP and IIS, FastCGI is the way to go for high performance. http://php.weblogs.com/2003/05/18#a2577 "John Lim" <heyjohnlim@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20030512131411.57462.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > As a Windows user, and a former trainer on ASP and IIS, I have always wanted > to build high performance PHP applications running IIS. Although I use > Apache and Linux all the time, some of our customers are more comfortable > with Windows and IIS. > > The recommended way to run stable PHP applications in IIS is CGI. But since > a new process is created for each request and thrown away when the request > is done, CGI efficiency is poor. Furthermore the PHP ISAPI dll was never > stable enough for my needs, because ISAPI requires thread-safety, but many > PHP extensions are not thread-safe. > > Fortunately there is an alternative open technology called FastCGI. FastCGI > processes are persistent as they are reused to handle multiple requests. > This solves the CGI performance problem of creating new processes for each > request. In benchmarks, you can expect a x4 to x8 improvement in performance > compared to plain-old CGI. Shane Caraveo of ActiveState is the author of the > FastCGI wrapper for IIS. > > http://php.weblogs.com/fastcgi_with_php_and_iis > > >