If you trace (strace on linux) the process which serves your request you should get some idea. On Thursday 07 April 2005 20:23, Arshavir Grigorian wrote: > Hi, > > I am getting 4-5 minute delays when I call the session_start() function > in one of my scripts, I reduced it to a small script that just echoes > some html, but still calling session_start() causes a major delay. My > /tmp directory is almost empty and there is a lot of disk space. It's an > AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3000+ with a Gig of RAM. Anyone knows what could cause > this? > > <?php > > session_start(); > > echo "<html>\n"; > echo "<body>\n"; > echo "<h3>we are here</h3>\n"; > echo "</body>\n"; > echo "</html>\n"; > > ?> > > I am using the PHP (4.3.2) shipped with RHEL. Does RH backport fixes > from the newer versions of PHP to their packages? Can this be the cause > of the slowdowns I am experiencing when calling session_start()? > Yesterday, when I was setting this site up, everything was working > great, today it's dog slow. > > Thanks for any pointers. > > > > Arshavir -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php