Posted by cbmeeks on 06/18/07 18:35

> When you say "it's very demanding and it simply can't serve the data
> as quickly as a static image in a browsable location" what evidence do
> you have? Have you run any tests using a profiler to see what the
> problem might be?

Well, you got me there. No. Not exhaustive tests. I can notice a
difference. Maybe not much of one but it's there. Plus, doesn't PHP
have to load the entire image (or at least some of it) before it
streams it to the browser? In other words, wouldn't there be more
memory requirements vs serving it out directly?

> Do you really have that much traffic, or are you
> "planning" for the future?

Mostly planning. I usually load a server up pretty heavy...as in, it
has to do a lot of work...CPU intensive so every little bit helps.

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