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On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Before 5.0.0 we promised we'll get something together for solving the
> performance problems caused by Zend always realpath()'ing include files (in
> expand_filepath()).
> Attached is a proposed implementation of such a cache. We tried to make it
> as simple as possible and tests shows that it solves the performance
> problems.
> A few facts about it:
> a) Expiration and Cache size are still hardcoded and not INI options in
> tsrm_virtual_cwd.h. Didn't want to go through the trouble of doing it
> because we agree on the implementation.
> b) tsrm_hash.* is a full blown hash and not a stripped down hash which is
> all that's needed for this. It'll be stripped down.
> c) In my opinion and tests, having a memory limit on the cache works great
> because it makes sure the cache doesn't go crazy and even in like 16K of
> memory you can usually cache all of the realpath()'s.
> d) Current expiration for an entry is 2 minutes which is also plenty.
> e) I wouldn't make it much more complicated or "smarter" than this because
> it'll just add lots of code and will probably not perform much better.
>
> Comments welcome. Let's get this baby into PHP 5.1!
>
> Andi
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