Re: PHP - Best Appication Structure

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Jon Paris
> ATK framework from iBuildings ... is heavily focussed on
> building business applications.

There has been some concern expressed in php forums about the performance of frameworks, and having a lot of OO code running interpreted.

A demo at the ATK site enables editing and posting changes to an employee record, consisting of 6 fields. An HTTP POST is followed by an additional HTTP GET, with average response times as follows:

POST: 900 milliseconds
GET: 500 milliseconds

I compared that to one of my programs for editing and posting changes to a person record, consisting of 5 fields. Coincidentally, my interface also uses an HTTP POST, followed by an HTTP GET, with an average response time (to last byte):

POST: 3 milliseconds
GET: 2 milliseconds

There would be some delay from the ATK site of course, due to internet bandwidth.  But that delay would be less than 100 milliseconds.  The RPG program still appears to offer about 260 times better performance.

There may be some rationalle for keeping php scripts as small as possible.

-Nathan.