20 April 2012
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A while back I read Derick Rethans post on how he compiles multiple versions of PHP which he posted back in November 2011. Of the many possible solutions out there this one seemed the most flexible, however, the php project … Continue reading
13 February 2012
by nat
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I gave a short talk on mysqlnd_uh and the whole mysqlnd extension as SheffPHP. Not sure how interesting people found it. I think many people switch off when databases are mentioned. Here are some slides any way. Mysqlnd uh
22 November 2011
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One of the uses for mysqlnd’s plugin architecture that I found most interesting was query caching on the client. The traditional MySQL Query Cache The MySQL query cache is a really nice simple feature which helps speed up repeated queries … Continue reading
4 October 2011
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Forking the PHP process requires the pcntl extension. This extension is limited to *nix operating systems. Once installed the key function is pcntl_fork(). The manual contains this excellent example of its use $pid = pcntl_fork(); if ($pid == -1) { … Continue reading
3 October 2011
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While working on a script to generate fractals in PHP I wanted to try and run the intensive calculations in parallel. The script I came up with has a fair amount of overhead in spawning and managing a thread since … Continue reading