Posted by Vincent Delporte on 01/03/07 17:58

Hello

I'm interested in hearing reflections by seasoned web app
developpers about the different ways to write PHP apps, and especially
how they compare in terms of performance, whether it's the PHP part or
connections to MySQL.

As far as I know, there are different ways to write a PHP application:
- CGI, ie. the usual way : some PHP code in web pages, and the PHP
interpreter is loaded each time a PHP page is called
- FastCGI : apparently, the interpreter is loaded at boot time; the
application itself might also be compiled and loaded once
- mod_php : same as FastCGI?
- application server : the application is compiled and loaded once;
the application can either have its own web server, or use a web
server as front end, and only handle its own part

Any tips much appreciated, thank you.

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