Posted by James Benson on 11/17/05 16:34

Each has its own benefits, if on a shared server then a database would
be the most secure I think, if its a dedicated server then tmpfs or just
plain old files will probably be the best, it also depends on various
other factors like, server hardware and bandwith, only you can select
the best option for your particular setup.


James





Yaswanth Narvaneni wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I would like to know what does the community think of the best
> architecture for server client communication and why? That is, if
> there is a server in C++ (say a game server) and the PHP has to 'read'
> data 'from' the server then what is the best form of communication?
>
> a) Shared Memory : Server opens the shared memory in write and the PHP
> scripts open it in read and gets the data
> b) TMPFS (just like shared memory): Server opens a file in tmpfs in
> write and PHP in read
> c) Databases: Server Updates a table in the DB and client reads from the table
> d) Files: Same as TMPFS
>
> Regards,
> Yaswanth
>
> --
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> In practice there is." -- Fortune Cookie

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