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Category: PHP

12/03/09

English (US) Why echo is slow in PHP and how to make it really fast

Permalink 06:40:00 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: PHP, Web Dev, Linux stuff
You may have noticed that PHP scripts that echo a lot of content appear to be running with poor performance... Well, the operative word here is "appear". It is a common misconception that "echo is the slowest PHP command"! The problem is actually… more »

11/29/09

English (US) How to install the APC PHP Cache on Debian (Lenny)

Permalink 01:50:50 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: PHP, Linux stuff
APC PHP Cache Control Panel
The APC PHP Cache Control Panel
The APC cache can significantly improve your PHP script performance, just by installing it, whoch basically takes 5 minutes! Here's what I did on my Debian Lenny box... First you may want to have a reference benchmark to see if it actually improves:… more »

06/22/07

English (US) About the PHP 5 migration chicken & egg issue

Permalink 09:55:45 am, by Francois Planque Email , Categories: PHP
It's been 3 years since PHP 5 has been released. Yet PHP 4 still rules on the vast majority of web hosting platforms. This is annoying for PHP open source developers who cannot leverage the potential of PHP 5 as long as they need to support PHP 4. Thi… more »