Comments on: 10 Performance Tips to Speed Up PHP http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/ Valuable Insights for Better Websites Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Amy http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-1452 Amy Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:47:39 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-1452 Thanks for testing, PERECil. Some of these tips may very well be dated compared to the latest versions of PHP. I know there's a lot of debate about single versus double quotes, which is why I included that tip at the end where other guides may have included it at the beginning. Out of curiosity, did you test the others, and, if so, how did they pan out? Thanks for testing, PERECil. Some of these tips may very well be dated compared to the latest versions of PHP. I know there’s a lot of debate about single versus double quotes, which is why I included that tip at the end where other guides may have included it at the beginning. Out of curiosity, did you test the others, and, if so, how did they pan out?

]]> By: Stephen Ward http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Stephen Ward Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:47:21 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-1197 Without knowing more about your setup, Texx, I can't say for sure, but my gut tells me that moving your included information into a database and pulling it out with a query would vastly simplify things for you. For example, you might set up a MySQL database, propagate it with your pricing information, and pull the data into a $prices array with something simple like this: <code><?php mysql_connect('hostname', 'username', 'password'); mysql_select_db('decking_prices_db'); $prices = mysql_query("SELECT product_id, price FROM decking_prices"); $price = array(); while ($price_data = mysql_fetch_object($prices)){ $price[$price_data->product_id] = $price_data->price; } mysql_close(); ?></code> Without knowing more about your setup, Texx, I can’t say for sure, but my gut tells me that moving your included information into a database and pulling it out with a query would vastly simplify things for you. For example, you might set up a MySQL database, propagate it with your pricing information, and pull the data into a $prices array with something simple like this:

<?php
mysql_connect('hostname', 'username', 'password');
mysql_select_db('decking_prices_db');
$prices = mysql_query("SELECT product_id, price FROM decking_prices");
$price = array();
while ($price_data = mysql_fetch_object($prices)){
$price[$price_data->product_id] = $price_data->price;
}
mysql_close();
?>

]]> By: texxs http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 texxs Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:52:14 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-1178 Any tips for speeding up the initial load (caching won't help here, I believe), that has a whole bunch of very tiny (like 8 characters long) includes? http://decksanfrancisco.com/prices/san-francisco-decking-prices.php is what I'm talking about. Each individual price (not the image, nor the description) is a php include. Any tips for speeding up the initial load (caching won’t help here, I believe), that has a whole bunch of very tiny (like 8 characters long) includes?
http://decksanfrancisco.com/prices/san-francisco-decking-prices.php is what I’m talking about. Each individual price (not the image, nor the description) is a php include.

]]> By: Weekly Link Roundup – 2009-11-29 | Unemployed Developer http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-993 Weekly Link Roundup – 2009-11-29 | Unemployed Developer Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:05:42 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-993 [...] I like to read about these performance tips even though I know and do my best to practice them in my code. I think it’s important to always ensure your code not only works but works efficiently.. Read More [...] [...] I like to read about these performance tips even though I know and do my best to practice them in my code. I think it’s important to always ensure your code not only works but works efficiently.. Read More [...]

]]> By: Phil http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-887 Phil Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:50:32 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-887 Re point 7, needlessly copying variables. Using $_POST['somevariable'] over say $somevar = $_POST['somevariable'] and then accessing $somevar many times is much slower than just using $somevar. PHP has to lookup the name in the POST array each time. Re point 7, needlessly copying variables. Using $_POST['somevariable'] over say $somevar = $_POST['somevariable'] and then accessing $somevar many times is much slower than just using $somevar. PHP has to lookup the name in the POST array each time.

]]> By: Stephen Ward http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Stephen Ward Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:40:38 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-863 Thanks for testing, PERECil. Some of these tips may very well be dated compared to the latest versions of PHP. I know there's a lot of debate about single versus double quotes, which is why I included that tip at the end where other guides may have included it at the beginning. Out of curiosity, did you test the others, and, if so, how did they pan out? Thanks for testing, PERECil. Some of these tips may very well be dated compared to the latest versions of PHP. I know there’s a lot of debate about single versus double quotes, which is why I included that tip at the end where other guides may have included it at the beginning. Out of curiosity, did you test the others, and, if so, how did they pan out?

]]> By: PERECil http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-862 PERECil Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:33:34 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-862 Hello, Just some notices after some tests: 4. Didn't see any difference when switching from (include|require)_once to (include|require). Tested on a test website with more than 20-30 requires. 10. Tested in a for loop, i didn't get any difference. My tests were done with php 5.2+ Hello,

Just some notices after some tests:

4. Didn’t see any difference when switching from (include|require)_once to (include|require). Tested on a test website with more than 20-30 requires.

10. Tested in a for loop, i didn’t get any difference.

My tests were done with php 5.2+

]]> By: Stephen Ward http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Stephen Ward Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:47:51 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-861 Glad you liked them, Mark. :) Glad you liked them, Mark. :)

]]> By: mark http://www.wardontheweb.com/10-performance-tips-to-speed-up-php/comment-page-1/#comment-860 mark Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:33:40 +0000 http://www.wardontheweb.com/?p=339#comment-860 This tips really help me a lot and make me pursue to really write my code in a proper manner. This tips really help me a lot and make me pursue to really write my code in a proper manner.

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