Where have you heard that ZF is one of the slowest frameworks out there? While I haven't heard many claims that ZF is the most performant- that distinction is usually reserved for Code Igniter or one of the other lightweight, performance-focused frameworks- I haven't heard any claims that it is the least performant. The most transparent and sound benchmarks that I've seen are available here: http://www.avnetlabs.com/php/php-framework-comparison-benchmarks. That puts ZF at roughly 50% of the throughput of Code Igniter. That may sound like a lot at first, but as I mention in a comment there, baseline PHP can handle *15 times* the load than Code Igniter and CakePHP falls far short of both (at least in these particular tests). This article demonstrates well that accurate performance characterizations among different frameworks are *extremely* difficult to come up with in the first place, and that any framework faces tradeoffs between performance and functionality. In the end, I'm pretty comfortable with the characterization that ZF is 'twice as slow' as a framework that has been optimized from the get go for performance like Code Igniter. Those who understand the tests at hand and have real performance requirements will understand that this may easily be eclipsed by functionality requirements for any given project. That said, we are planning to focus all of the Zend team's contributions for 1.7 around performance analysis and enhancements. We don't have a test environment with which we can thoroughly benchmark all the frameworks yet, but we will have one set up soon. Once we can start getting good numbers, we will focus on the performance of the MVC components, along with other components- like Zend_Search_Lucene- which are very sensitive to algorithmic complexity and optimizations. We've already profiled the framework with a simple application and identified some optimizations. If you are interested in the performance of ZF, then keep your eyes peeled for optimization commits in the next few weeks.
,Wil > -----Original Message----- > From: Endijs Lisovskis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [fw-general] Speed and performance between ZF releases > > > Hi! > > I wanted to ask - are there any tests done to compare ZF releases to > see > which ones are faster and uses less resources? > > I'm asking this, because when there are discussions about frameworks - > almost everyone says that ZF is one of slowest frameworks out there (if > compared to Symfony, Cake etc.). It would be good to know if ZF is > making > progress, or failing because of all new functions added to it. > > Thanks! > > Endijs Lisovskis > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Speed-and- > performance-between-ZF-releases-tp19164298p19164298.html > Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
