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Isn't this true for any CGI program? I know that PHP is typically run via mod_php, but what you have described is true for any CGI program. It is somewhat expe
by montecarl 14y ago
Isn't this true for any CGI program? I know that PHP is typically run via mod_php, but what you have described is true for any CGI program.
It is somewhat expensive to startup a new interpreter process per http connection. This can be alleviated by using FastCGI, but then the interpreters are long lived and are no longer completely independent.
- IgorPartola 14y agoYes, though PHP comes with a few goodies such as mainstream mod_php and FastCGI (which I prefer), and bytecode cache (APC). The implementation is pretty good compared to a ye olde CGI Perl script.