Re: PHP script is running very slowly when using Apache PHP module
Hello Fiona, have you tried to strace apache process ? Take a look at this: http://httpd.apache.org/dev/debugging.html On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Fiona Sisk fiona.s...@gosnetworks.comwrote: Hi, I have a problem with the Apache PHP module and am hoping for some pointers on how to investigate it. I have written a PHP extension that is called by a PHP script. I use PHP as a module of Apache ( 1.3.37 or 2.2.19, I've tried both). * LoadModule php5_modulelibexec/apache/libphp5.so* I'm getting very slow response times from my PHP script. (approx 1 minute) However it is only when I run it as an Apache module that the problem manifests itself. If I run the PHP script /PHP extension on the command-line i.e. not as a module of Apache the time it takes is negligible. The PHP (5.3.4) extension crunches a lot of data from a DB and eventually produces one very large PHP array. which is returned to the client as JSON in the HTTP $_POST response ( Also gzip compression of the HTTP contents is used.) (In JSON format, the size of the array is 3.7M) I didn't have any problems with the application until recently when the size of the data I'm requesting has increased dramatically. So it seems that I need to do some 'module' tuning of Apache but I don't know how. I have already changed these parameters in the php.ini to make the extension work. I include some relevant looking httpd.conf parameters also below. I haven't touched any of these. max_execution_time = 60 ( 'cos the PHP script execution was timing out before the extension finished!) memory_limit = 256M Any suggestions.? Please bear in mind that I'm not trying to write a Apache module, just figure out what my performance problems are when using a very common one. Thanks in advance. Fiona ScoreBoardFile /var/run/httpd.scoreboard ( doesn't exist on my Linux machine) Timeout 300 KeepAlive On MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 KeepAliveTimeout 15 MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 10 StartServers 5 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache/mod_vhost_alias.so LoadModule env_module libexec/apache/mod_env.so LoadModule define_module libexec/apache/mod_define.so LoadModule config_log_module libexec/apache/mod_log_config.so LoadModule mime_magic_module libexec/apache/mod_mime_magic.so LoadModule mime_modulelibexec/apache/mod_mime.so LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache/mod_negotiation.so LoadModule status_module libexec/apache/mod_status.so LoadModule info_modulelibexec/apache/mod_info.so LoadModule includes_modulelibexec/apache/mod_include.so LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/apache/mod_autoindex.so LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache/mod_dir.so LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache/mod_cgi.so LoadModule asis_modulelibexec/apache/mod_asis.so LoadModule imap_modulelibexec/apache/mod_imap.so LoadModule action_module libexec/apache/mod_actions.so LoadModule speling_module libexec/apache/mod_speling.so LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache/mod_userdir.so LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache/mod_alias.so LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache/mod_rewrite.so LoadModule access_module libexec/apache/mod_access.so LoadModule auth_modulelibexec/apache/mod_auth.so LoadModule anon_auth_module libexec/apache/mod_auth_anon.so LoadModule dbm_auth_modulelibexec/apache/mod_auth_dbm.so LoadModule digest_module libexec/apache/mod_digest.so LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache/libproxy.so LoadModule cern_meta_module libexec/apache/mod_cern_meta.so LoadModule expires_module libexec/apache/mod_expires.so LoadModule headers_module libexec/apache/mod_headers.so LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/apache/mod_usertrack.so LoadModule log_forensic_module libexec/apache/mod_log_forensic.so LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/apache/mod_unique_id.so LoadModule setenvif_modulelibexec/apache/mod_setenvif.so LoadModule php5_modulelibexec/apache/libphp5.so GOS Networks Limited, National Software Centre, Mahon, Cork, Ireland. Registered company number: 445828 The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing GOS Networks agreement. -- Vincenzo D'Amore email: v.dam...@gmail.com msn: free...@hotmail.com skype: free.dev mobile: +39 349 8513251
Re: PHP script is running very slowly when using Apache PHP module
Hi Fiona, example strace -f /etc/init.d/httpd restart 2011/10/20 Vincenzo D'Amore v.dam...@gmail.com: Hello Fiona, have you tried to strace apache process ? Take a look at this: http://httpd.apache.org/dev/debugging.html On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Fiona Sisk fiona.s...@gosnetworks.comwrote: Hi, I have a problem with the Apache PHP module and am hoping for some pointers on how to investigate it. I have written a PHP extension that is called by a PHP script. I use PHP as a module of Apache ( 1.3.37 or 2.2.19, I've tried both). * LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache/libphp5.so* I'm getting very slow response times from my PHP script. (approx 1 minute) However it is only when I run it as an Apache module that the problem manifests itself. If I run the PHP script /PHP extension on the command-line i.e. not as a module of Apache the time it takes is negligible. The PHP (5.3.4) extension crunches a lot of data from a DB and eventually produces one very large PHP array. which is returned to the client as JSON in the HTTP $_POST response ( Also gzip compression of the HTTP contents is used.) (In JSON format, the size of the array is 3.7M) I didn't have any problems with the application until recently when the size of the data I'm requesting has increased dramatically. So it seems that I need to do some 'module' tuning of Apache but I don't know how. I have already changed these parameters in the php.ini to make the extension work. I include some relevant looking httpd.conf parameters also below. I haven't touched any of these. max_execution_time = 60 ( 'cos the PHP script execution was timing out before the extension finished!) memory_limit = 256M Any suggestions.? Please bear in mind that I'm not trying to write a Apache module, just figure out what my performance problems are when using a very common one. Thanks in advance. Fiona ScoreBoardFile /var/run/httpd.scoreboard ( doesn't exist on my Linux machine) Timeout 300 KeepAlive On MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 KeepAliveTimeout 15 MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 10 StartServers 5 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache/mod_vhost_alias.so LoadModule env_module libexec/apache/mod_env.so LoadModule define_module libexec/apache/mod_define.so LoadModule config_log_module libexec/apache/mod_log_config.so LoadModule mime_magic_module libexec/apache/mod_mime_magic.so LoadModule mime_module libexec/apache/mod_mime.so LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache/mod_negotiation.so LoadModule status_module libexec/apache/mod_status.so LoadModule info_module libexec/apache/mod_info.so LoadModule includes_module libexec/apache/mod_include.so LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/apache/mod_autoindex.so LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache/mod_dir.so LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache/mod_cgi.so LoadModule asis_module libexec/apache/mod_asis.so LoadModule imap_module libexec/apache/mod_imap.so LoadModule action_module libexec/apache/mod_actions.so LoadModule speling_module libexec/apache/mod_speling.so LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache/mod_userdir.so LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache/mod_alias.so LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache/mod_rewrite.so LoadModule access_module libexec/apache/mod_access.so LoadModule auth_module libexec/apache/mod_auth.so LoadModule anon_auth_module libexec/apache/mod_auth_anon.so LoadModule dbm_auth_module libexec/apache/mod_auth_dbm.so LoadModule digest_module libexec/apache/mod_digest.so LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache/libproxy.so LoadModule cern_meta_module libexec/apache/mod_cern_meta.so LoadModule expires_module libexec/apache/mod_expires.so LoadModule headers_module libexec/apache/mod_headers.so LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/apache/mod_usertrack.so LoadModule log_forensic_module libexec/apache/mod_log_forensic.so LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/apache/mod_unique_id.so LoadModule setenvif_module libexec/apache/mod_setenvif.so LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache/libphp5.so GOS Networks Limited, National Software Centre, Mahon, Cork, Ireland. Registered company number: 445828 The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing GOS Networks agreement. -- Vincenzo D'Amore email: v.dam...@gmail.com msn: free...@hotmail.com skype: free.dev mobile: +39 349
PHP script is running very slowly when using Apache PHP module
Hi, I have a problem with the Apache PHP module and am hoping for some pointers on how to investigate it. I have written a PHP extension that is called by a PHP script. I use PHP as a module of Apache ( 1.3.37 or 2.2.19, I've tried both). * LoadModule php5_modulelibexec/apache/libphp5.so* I'm getting very slow response times from my PHP script. (approx 1 minute) However it is only when I run it as an Apache module that the problem manifests itself. If I run the PHP script /PHP extension on the command-line i.e. not as a module of Apache the time it takes is negligible. The PHP (5.3.4) extension crunches a lot of data from a DB and eventually produces one very large PHP array. which is returned to the client as JSON in the HTTP $_POST response ( Also gzip compression of the HTTP contents is used.) (In JSON format, the size of the array is 3.7M) I didn't have any problems with the application until recently when the size of the data I'm requesting has increased dramatically. So it seems that I need to do some 'module' tuning of Apache but I don't know how. I have already changed these parameters in the php.ini to make the extension work. I include some relevant looking httpd.conf parameters also below. I haven't touched any of these. max_execution_time = 60 ( 'cos the PHP script execution was timing out before the extension finished!) memory_limit = 256M Any suggestions.? Please bear in mind that I'm not trying to write a Apache module, just figure out what my performance problems are when using a very common one. Thanks in advance. Fiona ScoreBoardFile /var/run/httpd.scoreboard ( doesn't exist on my Linux machine) Timeout 300 KeepAlive On MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 KeepAliveTimeout 15 MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 10 StartServers 5 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 0 LoadModule vhost_alias_module libexec/apache/mod_vhost_alias.so LoadModule env_module libexec/apache/mod_env.so LoadModule define_module libexec/apache/mod_define.so LoadModule config_log_module libexec/apache/mod_log_config.so LoadModule mime_magic_module libexec/apache/mod_mime_magic.so LoadModule mime_modulelibexec/apache/mod_mime.so LoadModule negotiation_module libexec/apache/mod_negotiation.so LoadModule status_module libexec/apache/mod_status.so LoadModule info_modulelibexec/apache/mod_info.so LoadModule includes_modulelibexec/apache/mod_include.so LoadModule autoindex_module libexec/apache/mod_autoindex.so LoadModule dir_module libexec/apache/mod_dir.so LoadModule cgi_module libexec/apache/mod_cgi.so LoadModule asis_modulelibexec/apache/mod_asis.so LoadModule imap_modulelibexec/apache/mod_imap.so LoadModule action_module libexec/apache/mod_actions.so LoadModule speling_module libexec/apache/mod_speling.so LoadModule userdir_module libexec/apache/mod_userdir.so LoadModule alias_module libexec/apache/mod_alias.so LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache/mod_rewrite.so LoadModule access_module libexec/apache/mod_access.so LoadModule auth_modulelibexec/apache/mod_auth.so LoadModule anon_auth_module libexec/apache/mod_auth_anon.so LoadModule dbm_auth_modulelibexec/apache/mod_auth_dbm.so LoadModule digest_module libexec/apache/mod_digest.so LoadModule proxy_module libexec/apache/libproxy.so LoadModule cern_meta_module libexec/apache/mod_cern_meta.so LoadModule expires_module libexec/apache/mod_expires.so LoadModule headers_module libexec/apache/mod_headers.so LoadModule usertrack_module libexec/apache/mod_usertrack.so LoadModule log_forensic_module libexec/apache/mod_log_forensic.so LoadModule unique_id_module libexec/apache/mod_unique_id.so LoadModule setenvif_modulelibexec/apache/mod_setenvif.so LoadModule php5_modulelibexec/apache/libphp5.so GOS Networks Limited, National Software Centre, Mahon, Cork, Ireland. Registered company number: 445828 The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing GOS Networks agreement.
