Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by mrsaint » Mon, May 05, 2014, 4:04 PM UTC

Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster
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Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by trebor » Mon, May 05, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

Good news, any idea which version this will be included in? I know PHP 5.6 is already in beta, so I'd assume this'll be PHP 5.7, but this is really good news. We have some sites that are just begging for an actual 10-30% increase in speed.

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by mrsaint » Mon, May 05, 2014, 5:25 PM UTC

trebor wrote: post #2

Good news, any idea which version this will be included in? I know PHP 5.6 is already in beta, so I'd assume this'll be PHP 5.7, but this is really good news. We have some sites that are just begging for an actual 10-30% increase in speed.

It's PHP 5.7.0-dev right now. You can download and compile the development branch yourself: https://wiki.php.net/phpng

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by kolev » Mon, May 05, 2014, 5:53 PM UTC

mrsaint wrote: post #3

trebor wrote: post #2

Good news, any idea which version this will be included in? I know PHP 5.6 is already in beta, so I'd assume this'll be PHP 5.7, but this is really good news. We have some sites that are just begging for an actual 10-30% increase in speed.

It's PHP 5.7.0-dev right now. You can download and compile the development branch yourself: https://wiki.php.net/phpng

Great. Any ETA on phpng stable release?

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by fastest963 » Mon, May 05, 2014, 5:56 PM UTC

Can't wait to play around with this once they support a few more extensions!

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by LawnGnome » Mon, May 05, 2014, 6:10 PM UTC

trebor wrote: post #2

Good news, any idea which version this will be included in? I know PHP 5.6 is already in beta, so I'd assume this'll be PHP 5.7, but this is really good news. We have some sites that are just begging for an actual 10-30% increase in speed.

I suspect this'll be the basis of a new major version, based on early discussions. It probably won't be a 5.x release.

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by neals » Mon, May 05, 2014, 6:17 PM UTC

I love how, through all the hate and bandwagoning, some people don't get discouraged and actually do something to improve the product.

We still do new projects in PHP and we couldn't be happier.

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by devNoise » Mon, May 05, 2014, 6:30 PM UTC

This sounds like a nice improvement to PHP performance. Are there any parts of the language that will have to change for this enhancement? I expect that that changes will be minimal, if any are needed.

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by BorisMelnik » Mon, May 05, 2014, 6:37 PM UTC

LawnGnome wrote: post #6

trebor wrote: post #2

Good news, any idea which version this will be included in? I know PHP 5.6 is already in beta, so I'd assume this'll be PHP 5.7, but this is really good news. We have some sites that are just begging for an actual 10-30% increase in speed.

I suspect this'll be the basis of a new major version, based on early discussions. It probably won't be a 5.x release.

With claims / benchmarks like this I am sure you are right, particularly for a product that ships as much as WordPress does.

Wordpress 3.6 – 20.0% gain (253 vs 211 req/sec)

I have a few enterprise sites that I am constantly looking for ways to optimize for speed: DNS, CDNs etc. This looks like an easy win.

Re: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster

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Post by frik » Mon, May 05, 2014, 6:49 PM UTC

Great news. HHVM and now PHP 5.7, both with JIT - the future of PHP looks bright.