NYCPHP Meetup

[John Lacey]

Hans Zaunere wrote:

> 
> 
> Scott Mattocks wrote:
> >> not to run it if you are using PHP but I can't remember why.  Are 
>> there still issues mixing the two?  Should we reconsider our Apache 
>> distribution and what advice do you guys have to make the transition 
>> easier?
> 
> 
> Very little, if any, progress has been made on this front.  It's not 
> PHP/Apache 2.0/ per se, but rather the libs that PHP uses.  For 
> instance, let's say you compile PHP with GD support - is GD thread 
> safe?  Then you compile GD with libjpeg - is libjpeg thread safe?  The 
> number of combinations of libs that PHP can be used with is huge, and 
> thus ensuring each is thread safe is very hard.  That said, the 
> PHPZend/Apache 2.0/ interaction, at the SAPI and engine levels, could be 
> improved, but there is little motivation because of the library issues.  
> It's a chicken-before-the-egg problem.
> 
> You could use Apache 2 with the prefork MPM.  However, that's basically 
> the same as Apache 1, but using a not-so-well-tested SAPI - so why 
> switch?  :)
> 
> 
Seems that some might use the thread-safety issue to knock PHP with FUD. 
  Perhaps we need to nip that one in the bud by saying a few [mininally 
techy] words about the effectiveness of running in Apache 2 prefork mode 
in the AMP marketing doc?  I'll at least put in some info and then 
others can improve. Anyone have any stories on this?

John