[Phpwebsite-developers] phpWebSite and Memory

[Matthew M. <ma...@tu...>]

Greetings,

Recently questions have been raised about phpWebSite's memory requirements.
Today, Brian and I tested these constraints and wanted to share what we
found.

Memory constraints were determined by the memory_limit value in php.ini.
Testing was performed with converted data from a high traffic university
site.

Results:

o phpWebSite's core installation runs within a 5MB limit.

o A complete installation runs within a 9MB limit.

o phpWebSite WILL run under the default 8MB php installation, however you
will need to limit the modules installed.

We found you can expect to add about 400k - 600k per module beyond the
base installation. The good news is that testing showed there wasn't any
ONE module that gobbled up the majority of the memory.

Adopting an object oriented approach to programming carries with it
increased memory requirements, but the modularity and functionality gained
with this approach outweighs the additional cost in terms of memory.

We still feel that phpWebSite memory requirements are modest relative to
most software packages that provide its wide range of functionality.

Of course we still strive to tighten the code where possible but we don't
believe these base recommendations to change significantly.

Sincerely
Brian Brown
Matthew McNaney

Electronic Student Services
Appalachian State University
Phone: 828-262-6493
phpwebsite.appstate.edu
ess.appstate.edu