# PHP scalability problem

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/44074
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- Started by tRace DOliveira on 2009-05-27T03:10:55+00:00
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## #44074 — tRace DOliveira — 2009-05-27T03:10:55+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/44074#44074

What I am trying to achieve is to have the server do less processing. Like I said PHP is a server side scripting language and each time a request is made a process is spawned and processes are heavy weight as compared to a thread which is a light weight process. So I want to take away much processing away from the server and have the client do it instead. Because if many requests are made the server will eventually go down because it will over the server.I am not trying to get away from PHP but I am trying to solve the problem of scalability
Thank you, 
Leonard D'Oliveira

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## #44075 — Marco Tabini — 2009-05-27T03:12:34+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/44074#44075 · In reply to: #44074

> What I am trying to achieve is to have the server do less  
> processing. Like I said PHP is a server side scripting language and  
> each time a request is made a process is spawned and processes are  
> heavy weight as compared to a thread which is a light weight  
> process. So I want to take away much processing away from the server  
> and have the client do it instead. Because if many requests are made  
> the server will eventually go down because it will over the server.I  
> am not trying to get away from PHP but I am trying to solve the  
> problem of scalability

Unfortunately, the only thing you have achieved is writing on the  
wrong mailing list :-)

Try php-general, where this kind of query is addressed by a larger  
group of people.

Cheers!