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Old 06-28-2012
Generic speed question (PHP vs.)

Hi,

On a hosted linux environment which I have very little control over, I have a PHP script that takes in X number of floats, performs Y number of simple recursive arithmetic calculations, and produces some output for display to the user.

When I first created the script, 'X' and 'Y' were both in the single digits, and execution time wasn't really important because I was in the micro-second range, so that simple php script was good enough.

Today, the number of variables and calculations are rapidly increasing. I'm still in the sub-second range, but as time goes on I may need to start paying attention to performance.

My site is not revenue producing so I need to keep it on a simple, cheap hosted environment. If I were to rewrite those simple calculations into some compiled language, would I necessarily see substantial performance gains? Or would I see better results looking for a host with better resources (more cores, memory)? PHP doesn't really do multithreading well so I imagine with a heavily recursive application I would see benefit rewriting?

I realize this is a very newbie question. Thanks for any advice.
 

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php-config(1)							Scripting Language						     php-config(1)

NAME
php-config - get information about PHP configuration and compile options SYNOPSIS
php-config [options] DESCRIPTION
php-config is a simple shell script for obtaining information about installed PHP configuration. OPTIONS
--prefix Directory prefix where PHP is installed, e.g. /usr/local --includes List of -I options with all include files --ldflags LD Flags which PHP was compiled with --libs Extra libraries which PHP was compiled with --man-dir The directory prefix where the manpages is installed --extension-dir Directory where extensions are searched by default --include-dir Directory prefix where header files are installed by default --php-binary Full path to php CLI or CGI binary --php-sapis Show all SAPI modules available --configure-options Configure options to recreate configuration of current PHP installation --version PHP version --vernum PHP version as integer SEE ALSO php(1) VERSION INFORMATION
This manpage describes php, version 5.4.16. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1997-2010 The PHP Group This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license, that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is available through the world-wide-web at the following url: http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to license@php.net so we can mail you a copy immediately. The PHP Group 2010 php-config(1)
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