Comments on: Code Camp http://www.phpvs.net/2008/01/27/code-camp/ ASP.Net and PHP go head to head Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: theY4Kman http://www.phpvs.net/2008/01/27/code-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-111 theY4Kman Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:26:45 +0000 http://www.phpvs.net/2008/01/27/code-camp/#comment-111 Yes, I've been working with PHP for most of my developmental career, and I've strived to make my servers work as fast and as efficient as possible. However, I've only just begun working with ASP.NET, and I don't know nearly as much about performance for it as PHP. I'd love to know some of Richard's tweaks. Oh, and a big difference between ASP.NET and PHP is that you can get PHP's source. No matter what you do with ASP.NET, you'll always have the same binaries. I don't mean to be callous or condescending in this post. Just a disclaimer :) Yes, I've been working with PHP for most of my developmental career, and I've strived to make my servers work as fast and as efficient as possible. However, I've only just begun working with ASP.NET, and I don't know nearly as much about performance for it as PHP. I'd love to know some of Richard's tweaks.

Oh, and a big difference between ASP.NET and PHP is that you can get PHP's source. No matter what you do with ASP.NET, you'll always have the same binaries.

I don't mean to be callous or condescending in this post. Just a disclaimer :)

]]> By: blake http://www.phpvs.net/2008/01/27/code-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-5 blake Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:31:54 +0000 http://www.phpvs.net/2008/01/27/code-camp/#comment-5 Performant isn't even a word! Well, ok, <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=performant" target="_new" rel="nofollow">it is a word</a>, but it means "a performer". You cromulent verbers really embiggen me. Despite the wordsmithing, this is definitely a good point about performance. I have always compiled PHP from source just so that I could remove a lot of the modules that I don't need. Because every apache thread will initialize its own instance of PHP, you can save a lot of memory by compiling out the junk you don't use. It is quite often the case that taking an environment or platform of any kind out of the box will result in good compatibility, but sub-optimal performance. It would be interesting to see a list of what tweaks Richard did to IIS to get his performance up. Performant isn't even a word! Well, ok, it is a word, but it means "a performer". You cromulent verbers really embiggen me.

Despite the wordsmithing, this is definitely a good point about performance. I have always compiled PHP from source just so that I could remove a lot of the modules that I don't need. Because every apache thread will initialize its own instance of PHP, you can save a lot of memory by compiling out the junk you don't use. It is quite often the case that taking an environment or platform of any kind out of the box will result in good compatibility, but sub-optimal performance.

It would be interesting to see a list of what tweaks Richard did to IIS to get his performance up.

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