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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] phar & apc
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello steve,

why don't you give it a try:

http://de.php.net/phar
http://pecl.php.net/package/phar

marcus

Monday, May 7, 2007, 4:55:10 AM, you wrote:

> Before reading the thread on the idea of a PHP 5.3 branch, I had never
> heard of phar, so please excuse my neophyte questions, but I couldn't
> find a reference with the information. On a single website application
> environment (as opposed to a shared host type of thing), what are the
> performance characteristics of using a phar file to replace a largish
> collection of php files?

> Does the performance improve or not? does a fast-cgi based
> installation make a difference?

> Are stat calls for included files short-circuited since it is all
> really one file? Does this improve things in windows where file calls
> seem so damn slow? Linux?

> Most important, how does it work with APC?

> thank you for any answers or references to points of study on the web.

> -s




Best regards,
 Marcus