On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -- Philip G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Sunday, 11 May 2008, 09:36 AM -0500): > > There's arguments on both sides of the fence on this one. I personally > like > > having organization in my code, which is why I like the multi-file method > and > > we can just use APC to speed up code execution. However, not everybody > has that > > option, which runs into a problem. On top of that, you start relying on > your > > cache, not your code efficiency, for speedy code which, imo, is very, > very bad. > > > > Now, as far as Zend_Loader, don't use it. It completely negates the > ability to > > use APC. Zend_Loader allows dynamic loading of classes which just happens > to > > prevent APC's ability to determine which files should be cached. Always > use > > require/include for your classes, that way you can use APC and its > features. > > Zend_Loader is convenient, but it's not worth the overhead it gives. The > only > > situations I use Zend_Loader is during factor class creations. That's it. > > Philip, this is simply not true in PHP >= 5.2.0. PHP 5.2.0 added a > realpath cache, and Zend_Loader performs very well under both APC and > Zend Platform on those versions -- typically within a few percentage > points of a straight require_once. We will be releasing figures in the > coming months showing real-world benchmarks of this. I'd be very interested in seeing those results. > The typical source regarding APC and optional requires is a post by > Rasmus that is *SEVERAL* years old and predates the realpath cache. If > you have any up-to-date information that proves me wrong, please post > it, including methodology. > Try several months: http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2007/12/23/zend-framework-performance-zend_loader/ http://blog.digitalstruct.com/2007/12/24/accelerators-revisited/ I'd be quite curious to see if things have changed. > > -- > Matthew Weier O'Phinney > Software Architect | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/ > -- Philip [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gpcentre.net/
