The PHP binary lags when launched. This is especially felt when using PHP utilities, particularly php artisan, composer, and phpunit, where the time to launch is easily doubled or tripled.
$ time php --version
real 0m2.337s
$ time phpunit --version
real 0m5.557s
$ time composer --version
real 0m4.147s
This has necessitated the Starfish team to using the native Linux PHP binary, as the speeds are dramatically faster in every day usage.
The PHP binary lags when launched. This is especially felt when using PHP utilities, particularly
php artisan,composer, andphpunit, where the time to launch is easily doubled or tripled.This has necessitated the Starfish team to using the native Linux PHP binary, as the speeds are dramatically faster in every day usage.