PHP 7 Alpha 1 was released yesterday, marking the beginning of the PHP 7 major series, though the GA version is scheduled to be released by the end of 2015. PHP 7 has improved performance, up to twice as fast as PHP 5.6, and consistent 64-bit support. “2015 is shaping up to be an amazing year for PHP. You’ll not only benefit from a whole slew of new features but also from performance going through the roof!” promises the PHP team. Quite exciting, isn’t it?
Tag: fastcgi
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Lots of New Documentation (for Enterprise and OpenLiteSpeed)
Over the past few weeks we’ve been adding many new articles to OpenLiteSpeed’s documentation. (more…)
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Why I Don’t Believe Ruby FCGI Can Beat LSAPI (Benchmark Ruby LSAPI vs FCGI)
I simply couldn’t believe it when I saw a benchmark result that FCGI beats LSAPI, (more…)
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My Rails Benchmark Results: LSWS + LSAPI vs nginx + FCGI
After reading [Scoundrel’s blog “Looking for Optimal Solution: Benchmark Results Summary and Findings”](http://blog.kovyrin.net/2006/08/28/ruby-performance-results/), I am pretty surprised that LSWS + LSAPI falls behind. The best performer in his tests is nginx + FCGI. “All right, let me spend some time benchmarking them.” I said to myself. (more…)
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Trac SCM How-to and Upgraded Live Demos
[Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/) SCM/Project Management software is one of the most popular Python-based application available today. Many open-source projects are hosting their developement source, bug tracker, and wiki all using a single Trac install. It goes to show how much feature has been crammed into Trac and how well integrated it is with its sub-features. (more…)

