> -----Original Message----- > From: Edward Kay [mailto:edward@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 19 October 2006 14:53 > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: IMAP extension causing delays > > Hello, > > I need PHP's IMAP extension for my web app but it is really slowing my > server up. > > My setup: Fedora Core 5, Apache 2.2.2, PHP 5.1.4 (run as CGI with suPHP), > PHP IMAP extension - all standard FC5 RPMs. The test page is > simple - just a > call to phpinfo(). > > Without the IMAP extension, the response time is almost > immediate. With the > IMAP extension it takes 2-3 seconds to respond - sometimes as much as 4 > secs. > > Watching with 'top', I can see php-cgi is called immediately when the > request is received. With the IMAP extension installed, after php-cgi > starts, it then drops to the end of the 'top' list, consuming 0% CPU and > 2.0% memory. It remains there for the 2-3 second delay before coming into > play again an running the script quickly. Without the IMAP extension, it > just ends quickly having finished the request. > > From this, it is clear to me there is some major delay being > introduced by > the loading of the IMAP extension. Any ideas on how to resolve this? > > Thanks, > Edward > Thanks to all the suggestions I received on this issue. I have tried running PHP as an Apache module. As Jochem mentioned, this restricts the startup delay to just when Apache starts, not with each request - which is a great improvement. I have also set the various configuration options in the VirtualHost directives so my requirement for separate php.ini files has been removed. There is one remaining issue though - how to get my PHP scripts to run under different usernames for each virtual host. I need my PHP scripts to run as specfic users as they need to interact with the filesystem. I am using suExec and have set the SuexecUserGroup directive for each virtual host, but this isn't used as PHP is not called by CGI. Any suggestions? Thanks, Edward -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
