Hello steve,
why don't you give it a try:
http://de.php.net/phar
http://pecl.php.net/package/phar
marcus
Monday, May 7, 2007, 4:55:10 AM, you wrote:
> Before reading the thread on the idea of a PHP 5.3 branch, I had never
> heard of phar, so please excuse my neophyte questions, but I couldn't
> find a reference with the information. On a single website application
> environment (as opposed to a shared host type of thing), what are the
> performance characteristics of using a phar file to replace a largish
> collection of php files?
> Does the performance improve or not? does a fast-cgi based
> installation make a difference?
> Are stat calls for included files short-circuited since it is all
> really one file? Does this improve things in windows where file calls
> seem so damn slow? Linux?
> Most important, how does it work with APC?
> thank you for any answers or references to points of study on the web.
> -s
Best regards,
Marcus
