PHP performamce

[Sanford Armstrong]

Hi,

I'm new to PHP, but I'm loving its use so far. I have two pretty
boring questions I can't seem to find the answer to:

I have a template-driven site which uses PHP to drop in menu,
content, etc. Most of the content is pure HTML, but there are
a couple of special cases. To simplify my code, I'd like to
change the extensions for all of my files from .html to .php.
My question is this: will doing this slow my site down? Because
then these files must be run through the PHP parser, even though
there's nothing to parse.

My second question is also pretty easy: when I do a require(), does
that essentially copy and paste the require()'d file into the file
which require()'d it? Basically, will I lose performance if I
require() a .php file versus a .html file, assuming they are both
pure HTML content?

Thanks in advance,
Sanford Armstrong

[CountScubula]

if you are serious about performance, don't parse a file that doesnt have to
be. ie: pure html

if you are looking for noticable speed differences on a small site with
little traffic, you probably won't see a differnce

--
Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools
"Sanford Armstrong" <sa**************@email.com> wrote in message
news:TYcTb.15068$QJ3.13526@fed1read04...

Hi,

I'm new to PHP, but I'm loving its use so far. I have two pretty
boring questions I can't seem to find the answer to:

I have a template-driven site which uses PHP to drop in menu,
content, etc. Most of the content is pure HTML, but there are
a couple of special cases. To simplify my code, I'd like to
change the extensions for all of my files from .html to .php.
My question is this: will doing this slow my site down? Because
then these files must be run through the PHP parser, even though
there's nothing to parse.

My second question is also pretty easy: when I do a require(), does
that essentially copy and paste the require()'d file into the file
which require()'d it? Basically, will I lose performance if I
require() a .php file versus a .html file, assuming they are both
pure HTML content?

Thanks in advance,
Sanford Armstrong

[Sanford Armstrong]

Yeah, it's a pretty small site for a local non-profit. We're talking
files that average 5KB-10KB. I just don't want to slow the site down or
put unnecessary strain on the server. I guess I'll just have to test it
out and see if there's any noticable difference. Thanks!

-Sanford

CountScubula wrote:

if you are serious about performance, don't parse a file that doesnt have to
be. ie: pure html

if you are looking for noticable speed differences on a small site with
little traffic, you probably won't see a differnce

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"Sanford Armstrong" <sa**************@email.com> wrote in message
news:TYcTb.15068$QJ3.13526@fed1read04...

Hi,

I'm new to PHP, but I'm loving its use so far. I have two pretty
boring questions I can't seem to find the answer to:

I have a template-driven site which uses PHP to drop in menu,
content, etc. Most of the content is pure HTML, but there are
a couple of special cases. To simplify my code, I'd like to
change the extensions for all of my files from .html to .php.
My question is this: will doing this slow my site down? Because
then these files must be run through the PHP parser, even though
there's nothing to parse.

My second question is also pretty easy: when I do a require(), does
that essentially copy and paste the require()'d file into the file
which require()'d it? Basically, will I lose performance if I
require() a .php file versus a .html file, assuming they are both
pure HTML content?

[Chung Leong]

If PHP is set up to run as a module, then no, it wouldn't slow the site
down, as PHP can parse the file far faster can the Internet can transfer the
data. If you're running PHP as CGI, then yes, your site would slow down,
especially if the OS is Windows.

Requiring a file is almost the same as copy-and-pasting the text into the
script (the difference is in error reporting). If the file being included is
plain HTML, you should use readfile() instead of require(), for the sake of
semantic clarity. A declaration that the script requires something shouldn't
cause something to occur (i.e. text output).

Uzytkownik "Sanford Armstrong" <sa**************@email.com> napisal w
wiadomosci news:TYcTb.15068$QJ3.13526@fed1read04...

Hi,

I'm new to PHP, but I'm loving its use so far. I have two pretty
boring questions I can't seem to find the answer to:

I have a template-driven site which uses PHP to drop in menu,
content, etc. Most of the content is pure HTML, but there are
a couple of special cases. To simplify my code, I'd like to
change the extensions for all of my files from .html to .php.
My question is this: will doing this slow my site down? Because
then these files must be run through the PHP parser, even though
there's nothing to parse.

My second question is also pretty easy: when I do a require(), does
that essentially copy and paste the require()'d file into the file
which require()'d it? Basically, will I lose performance if I
require() a .php file versus a .html file, assuming they are both
pure HTML content?

Thanks in advance,
Sanford Armstrong

[Sanford Armstrong]

The server is running Apache with pbp_mod, so I think I'm good. Thanks
for the info!

On a related note, would that mean that some PHP in a require()'d file
can call a function declared in the require()ing file? I already see
that variables in the require()ing file are available to the require()'d
file.

I'll read up on readfile(), thanks for the heads-up.

Chung Leong wrote:

If PHP is set up to run as a module, then no, it wouldn't slow the site
down, as PHP can parse the file far faster can the Internet can transfer the
data. If you're running PHP as CGI, then yes, your site would slow down,
especially if the OS is Windows.

Requiring a file is almost the same as copy-and-pasting the text into the
script (the difference is in error reporting). If the file being included is
plain HTML, you should use readfile() instead of require(), for the sake of
semantic clarity. A declaration that the script requires something shouldn't
cause something to occur (i.e. text output).

Uzytkownik "Sanford Armstrong" <sa**************@email.com> napisal w
wiadomosci news:TYcTb.15068$QJ3.13526@fed1read04...

Hi,

I'm new to PHP, but I'm loving its use so far. I have two pretty
boring questions I can't seem to find the answer to:

I have a template-driven site which uses PHP to drop in menu,
content, etc. Most of the content is pure HTML, but there are
a couple of special cases. To simplify my code, I'd like to
change the extensions for all of my files from .html to .php.
My question is this: will doing this slow my site down? Because
then these files must be run through the PHP parser, even though
there's nothing to parse.

My second question is also pretty easy: when I do a require(), does
that essentially copy and paste the require()'d file into the file
which require()'d it? Basically, will I lose performance if I
require() a .php file versus a .html file, assuming they are both
pure HTML content?

Thanks in advance,
Sanford Armstrong

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Hi,

I'm new to PHP, but I'm loving its use so far. I have two pretty
boring questions I can't seem to find the answer to:

I have a template-driven site which uses PHP to drop in menu,
content, etc. Most of the content is pure HTML, but there are
a couple of special cases. To simplify my code, I'd like to
change the extensions for all of my files from .html to .php.
My question is this: will doing this slow my site down? Because
then these files must be run through the PHP parser, even though
there's nothing to parse.

My second question is also pretty easy: when I do a require(), does
that essentially copy and paste the require()'d file into the file
which require()'d it? Basically, will I lose performance if I
require() a .php file versus a .html file, assuming they are both
pure HTML content?

If PHP is set up to run as a module, then no, it wouldn't slow the site
down, as PHP can parse the file far faster can the Internet can transfer the
data. If you're running PHP as CGI, then yes, your site would slow down,
especially if the OS is Windows.

Requiring a file is almost the same as copy-and-pasting the text into the
script (the difference is in error reporting).
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If the file being included is
plain HTML, you should use readfile() instead of require(), for the sake of
semantic clarity. A declaration that the script requires something shouldn't
cause something to occur (i.e. text output).

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