On Dec 31, 2007 3:37 PM, Michael McGlothlin <michaelm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Richard Lynch wrote:
> > On Sat, December 22, 2007 12:25 pm, Sascha Braun wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Fellows,
> >>
> >> I figured out, that PHP5 runs faster when I am not inherit classes,
> >> I hope I use the right word.
> >>
> >> I mean the class sub_class extends main_class notation.
> >>
> >> As well I figured out, that I in most cases should references in
> >> foreach loops. like
> >>
> >> foreach($array as $key => &$value) {
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> Lots of memory is saved by that.
> >>
> >> Now I would like to know, what other speed improvements might be
> >> possible. What about autoload of classes, will it improve speed
> >> when I throw the code out?
> >>
> >> Are there other things I should take care of.
> >>
> >> I would like to know as much as possible. Please go deep into your-
> >> self and tell me every little thing on how you improved your applica-
> >> tions for speed and memory optimisation, to make this thread the best
> >> compendium on performance and memory optimisation.
> >>
> >> Thank you very much, fellows and a merry merry christmas!
> >>
> >
> > I never optimize code unless there's a problem with its performance...
> >
> > Why one would tweak code endlessly to maximize performance when that's
> > not needed is beyond me...
> >
> > But maybe I'm just a Luddite.
> >
> >
> Hardware is cheaper than man hours. Just throw more CPU power at the
> problem.
>
thats only true until poorly designed software cant be spread across
machines
due to a monolithic nature.
get an opcode cache and index the database; that will probly absolve any
noticeable
speed problems.
-nathan
