Hi all,
Has anybody had any experience installing Php Accelerator (http://www.php-accelerator.co.uk/) on a RAQ4?
I've searched the posts, but can't find anything :(

Thanks - as usual

The site is down... Is it anything like the ZEND optimizer?

http://www.zend.com

It's meant to be similar, but better according to some of the stuff I've read.

It's not similar to Zend Optimizer, but similar to the Zend Accelerator. Not necessarily better, but it sure does at least the same job. Add to that that this one is free...

I've been running the thing on my RAQ3, and me's happy. It does speed things up and reduces cpu load considerable. Not that we have a busy server anyway :rolleyes:

In the beginning there were some problems, but Nick Lindridge, the man behind PHP Accelerator, provides good support. I can't help but wondering about how he plans to keep this up as his great tool is implemented on more and more servers around the globe...

But I like it :)

Hi,

Thanks for the comments about phpa. About the site down comment. It's definitely up, although the secondrary dns server has changed - although that shouldn't matter as both the new and old secondary have the dns records. I run the primary and that's fine.

About support, I was wondering the same myself :-) It does take up a lot of time, and more than I'd like to spend. That is. I want to do some other stuff too :-)

I may have to cut down the length of answers, suggest that people search the list archive more, and add to the faq.

nick

Originally posted by phpa
Hi,

Thanks for the comments about phpa. About the site down comment. It's definitely up, although the secondrary dns server has changed - although that shouldn't matter as both the new and old secondary have the dns records. I run the primary and that's fine.

About support, I was wondering the same myself :-) It does take up a lot of time, and more than I'd like to spend. That is. I want to do some other stuff too :-)

I may have to cut down the length of answers, suggest that people search the list archive more, and add to the faq.

nick
<suggestion>If you setup a bulletin board on the site, users might be able to help each other.</suggestion>
The mailing list is fine, but I prefer bulletin boards personally.

There's been a discussion about mailinglist or bulletin board already, and based on that Nick has decided to stick to the mailinglist. Every message in the list is archived, and the archive is searchable.

But nobody is to stop the fans from setting up a bulletin board (or part of it) dedicated to phpa, I guess :D

In a way I prefer a bulletin board as well, and have tought about setting it up...

phpa, the site was down when I checked it. It is now up as you said. Just FYI.

It looks like a good thing you have. I would personally love to see some competition to the zend encoder though. I think we're gonna spring for it, I like the thought of compiled PHP code for our protetction. I have no idea how easy/hard that would be, but it seems like if you can cache the compiled code, why couldn't you pre-compile it and run it like that. I'm quite sure I'm over-simplifying everything :)

Originally posted by driverdave
phpa, the site was down when I checked it. It is now up as you said. Just FYI.

It looks like a good thing you have. I would personally love to see some competition to the zend encoder though. I think we're gonna spring for it, I like the thought of compiled PHP code for our protetction. I have no idea how easy/hard that would be, but it seems like if you can cache the compiled code, why couldn't you pre-compile it and run it like that. I'm quite sure I'm over-simplifying everything :)
I came across this the other day on Hotscripts:
PHTML Encoder (http://www.rssoftlab.com/)

Which version would be best for RAQ's running 4.1.2 php?

The Linux - glibc2.1.3 - php 4.1.1 - 1.2p4 version, me thinks

Thanks for pointing out that PHTML thing. It's for windows only though.

We just shelled out 1 grand for the zend encoder. It works flawlessly, although the company is imposible to contact, and their product key system is screwy. You pay $960 and they wait a couple days to let you use the software. Not the best feeling in the world, paying all that money to someone you can't reach on the phone or by email. A great product though.

The thought of an encoder has been on my mind for a while, and someone keeps pressing me to help them work on a windows encoder. I thought that Zend charged $3000 for the encoder? Not sure what the $960 was for.

The bones of an encoder are clearly in phpa already because there are its compiled files. A next step is to allow it to read compiled files directly, rather than finding the source file first and then picking up an shm or cache file entry from that. Any thoughts on a reasonable price for one?

We bought a one year license for the Zend Encoder, which was $960. For 3 thousand you get a perpetual license and upgrades, I think.

I think one thousand is a good price for buying it. I feel kind of jerked just getting a one year license for a thousand, but there is no competition and no product that comes close to what we need.

Thats the key, pre compiled files. I'm not really concerned with optimization, it's a good perk, but I'm really interested in protecting my code and not allowing our customers to modify our applications.

So tell me what you need off list. There's always next year to think about :)

nick@php-accelerator.co.uk