hi, On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Lester Caine <lester@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Keith Davis wrote: >>> >>> From everything that I've heard, there is not much benefit to a x64 >> >> binary for PHP. > > Running all 64bit including the database, I'm seeing a reasonable > performance improvement over a pure 32 bit set-up on the same AMD 64bit > hardware using 64bit vista order of 10 to 15% faster. It was also worth > pointing out that the same hardware runs a good 50% faster again on a 64bit > Linux OS. I think this shows that the OS is the problem rather than the > 64bit software, but the Linux OS does seem to use the multiple cores more > efficiently. I've not tested both with a 64 bit version of Windows7, the > full 64bit setup installed and ran, so I've not bothered swapping to all > 32bit. PHP is slower in 64bit than in 32bit modes. Databases (be oracle, mysql or other) are another stories and many of them are faster. However one does not have to run php in 64bit mode to talk to database servers running in 64bit mode. That being said, the main issues are not only for php but many libraries used by php. They did not support windows 64bit very well and they have not been tested enough to be ran on production servers safely (by all means). -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
