[ubuntu-za] php compiler

[Raoul Snyman]

Hi Charl,

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:12:37 +0200, Charl Wentzel wrote:
> I'm considering using a PHP compiler to compile my web interface.  The
> main reason is to speed up the system as it runs on fairly slow hardware
> (200 MHz ARM and 500 MHz Intel xscale).  My first run will however be on
> an Ubuntu server to see how well it works.

I'm really confused as to why you want to run a PHP compiler?

PHP is no snail, it's pretty darn speedy (there are some general tips to
making sure it's as fast as possible), so I don't see how a PHP compiler is
going to help speed up PHP.

If you're wanting to speed up PHP on a web server, consider using lighttpd
instead of apache. It's an "enterprise grade" web server like apache, but
with a might smaller memory footprint.

(And if you're wanting to deploy standalone applications, I'd suggest
Python or C++)

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