RE: [Phpwebsite-developers] Templates, multi-language

[Alain F. <al...@va...>]

Hi Christian and the rest of the world :)

I agree that you make a point there, however, I can't imagine how a
configuration like the one you are describing could be doing so bad. I guess
it's because 1. it was badly programmed 2. it was using Oracle? :). We are
currently running www.luxusbuerg.lu, which is a 100% PHP4 / mySQL solution,
on a bi-pentium3 800 box with 1 GB of ram and a raid5 disk array. Single
server, that is. We are handling 4 million page views a month without a
single problem. Of course it all depends on what you are customizing, etc.
Anyway, I was just pointing out the existence of these two tools for those
who didn't know them yet. As to whether we include them in phpWebSite or not
is open to public discussion of course !

Anyway, as far as the languages go, I think the first minimum enhancement
that needs to be somehow done is to give the webmasters the possibility to
set/fix/enhance their translations themselves, maybe by giving them
instructions on how to "compile" the translated version themselves, with
their own string tables. I am currently waiting for a clue on how to fix the
french translation of phpWebSite for a customer of my company, for instance.
We have spent a great deal of time customizing his phpWebSite as he wanted
it, but we can't take it to production just yet because the french
translation needs to be fixed. If someone tells me how to do that, you'll
have a great french translation up in no time :)

For those who wonder: I am from Luxembourg, and this makes that I speak
Luxembourgish, German, French, English, and a very little bit of spanish.
Translations needed, anyone ? :) I wonder what the demand for a
Luxembourgish phpWebSite would look like... 2 or 3 users world-wide ? :))

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : php...@li...
> [mailto:php...@li...]De la part de
> Christian Schims
> Envoye : lundi 26 mars 2001 22:40
> A : php...@li...
> Objet : Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Templates, multi-language
>
>
> Alain Fontaine schrieb:
>
> > There is a very nice translation system for PHP around that is
> called stPHP.
> > It can use one or several text files as a string table, or DBM style
> > 'database' files.
> >
> > As for a template system, I really love the "Smarty" template
> system. It is
> > the fastest and most flexible I have yet seen.
> >
> > The combination of these two systems is as dynamic as dynamic
> can get ! :)
>
> Let me give my two cents: We should be *very* careful with
> dynamic functions
> that aren't absolutely necessary. Just a few weeks ago I have seen a large
> server (Sun's 4-digit E-Series!) handling an Oracle database and six load
> balanced Apache web servers collapsing because of excessive dynamic and
> personalisation functions. This combination was expected to
> handle a minimum
> 12 million page impressions per month. In fact it wasn't able to
> handle one
> million!
>
> On a normal Pentium/Linux Server you can easily reach this point
> of collapse
> with less than a hundred requests per hour. I'm wondering, if Nuke's bad
> performance might have something to do with dynamic language processing.
> Just a question, not a theory.
>
> Chris
>
>
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