[FX.php List] FMP PHP or FX.php...??

Fri Feb 1 03:38:10 MST 2008

I believe that the oo implementation part of the FMPHPAPI is the
reason for it to be slower, arrays is php's simplest interpretable
unit AFAIK.

2008/2/1, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
> Indeed, PHP OO isn't complete or anything like it. But in my opinion
> it's far much nicer than the old array- or fully procedural style.
> I'd say that PHP OO is adequate to work with FMPHPAPI at least :)
>
> 1 feb 2008 kl. 11.17 skrev Gjermund Gusland Thorsen:
>
> > But in what way? php is slightly limited when it comes to oo,
> > pyFileMaker however is oo.
> >
> > 2008/2/1, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
> >> I mean Object Oriented.
> >>
> >> 1 feb 2008 kl. 10.58 skrev Gjermund Gusland Thorsen:
> >>
> >>> What do you mean by OO?
> >>>
> >>> 2008/2/1, Leo R. Lundgren <leo at finalresort.org>:
> >>>>  Chris,
> >>>>
> >>>> Any chance of FX.php becoming OO anytime soon? Would be nice.
> >>>>
> >>>> // Leo
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 31 jan 2008 kl. 19.03 skrev Chris Hansen:
> >>>>
> >>>> Greetings List!
> >>>>
> >>>> This inquiry intrigued me.  During the beta days of the The
> >>>> FileMaker API
> >>>> for PHP (F.A.P.), FX.php seemed a bit faster; and since I have a
> >>>> little test
> >>>> box in my basement with both FX.php and F.A.P. installed on it,
> >>>> and F.A.P is
> >>>> no longer beta, I thought I'd throw equivalent tests at it, and
> >>>> see what
> >>>> popped out.  The results REALLY surprised me:
> >>>>
> >>>>     * F.A.P.: 14.6196269989
> >>>>     * FX.php: 1.72123408318
> >>>>     * F.A.P.: 14.7427921295
> >>>>     * FX.php: 1.68022203445
> >>>>     * F.A.P.: 15.8884699345
> >>>>     * FX.php: 2.96020698547
> >>>>     * F.A.P.: 14.6040740013
> >>>>     * FX.php: 1.64016890526
> >>>>     * F.A.P.: 15.450097084
> >>>>     * FX.php: 1.72534799576
> >>>>
> >>>> Average F.A.P. Time: 15.0610120296
> >>>> Average FX.php Time: 1.94543600082
> >>>>
> >>>> In short, FX.php is almost 8x faster!  I performed this test by
> >>>> simulating
> >>>> load using repeated queries via each API repeatedly.  Also,
> >>>> although the
> >>>> server in question is running the latest version of FileMaker
> >>>> Server
> >>>> Advanced 9, it only has a developer license installed, so I had to
> >>>> keep
> >>>> repetitions very low, but I would expect results to scale
> >>>> similarly as
> >>>> server load and available connections were increased.  Also, the
> >>>> test box is
> >>>> a Mac Mini, so you could handle a lot more lot with faster
> >>>> hardware.  I've
> >>>> attached my test code.
> >>>>
> >>>> --Chris Hansen
> >>>>   FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
> >>>>   FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
> >>>>   Creator of FX.php
> >>>>   "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
> >>>>   www.iViking.org
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:27 AM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I cannot shed very much light upon whether FM PHP API is more
> >>>> integrated to
> >>>> the server than FX.php, but I doubt it. AFAIK, both of them
> >>>> communicated
> >>>> with the server using XML and parses it on their side. The PHP
> >>>> stuff you see
> >>>> on the server and in its permissions are most likely just
> >>>> administrative
> >>>> stuff FM put in there to integrate the PHP part with the server as
> >>>> a whole a
> >>>> bit more.
> >>>>
> >>>> I decided to go with the FM API, mainly because it's object
> >>>> oriented whereas
> >>>> FX.php uses arrays. I just like to keep it clean and similar to
> >>>> the rest of
> >>>> my code. I have no doubt that FX.php works just as well though.
> >>>>
> >>>> BTW, it would be interesting to see some performance comparisons
> >>>> between the
> >>>> two? Nomatter which one you choose, having FM as a DB backend will
> >>>> never be
> >>>> fast, but perhaps there's some difference in speed between the two
> >>>> anyway?
> >>>> Perhaps they parse XML differently or something.
> >>>>
> >>>> // Leo
> >>>>
> >>>> 31 jan 2008 kl. 14.20 skrev Steve Winter:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Greetings all…
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> In search of the holy grail, web app speed, I'm looking for;
> >>>>
> >>>> a.       gut feelings
> >>>>
> >>>> b.      opinions
> >>>>
> >>>> c.       evidence
> >>>>
> >>>> and am interested in all three on which is faster, the native
> >>>> FMP PHP
> >>>> interface or using FX.php…?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I was under the impression that 'native' FMP PHP is simply an
> >>>> alternative to
> >>>> FX.php in that it still uses the xml interface… that said I've
> >>>> also noticed
> >>>> that in FMS 9 there is actually a PHP interface listed, which
> >>>> makes me
> >>>> wonder if in fact it has hooks directly into the server….??
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> As I said, any information greatly received…
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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