LC Server on DreamHost?

Sun Nov 23 23:17:49 EST 2014

Stephen

Some time ago, I ran some tests to measure the comparative startup times of PHP, LiveCode and HTML on On-rev. The two scripts are simple:

	Livecode
	<html><head></head><body><?php echo "<p>I've started</p>" ?></body></html>

	PHP
	<html><head></head><body><?php echo "<p>I've started</p>" ?></body></html>

	HTML
	<html><head></head><body><p>I've started</p></body></html>

Trying these simple pages should give a good indication if the startup time of LiveCode is the problem on Dreamhost.

Regards

Peter

PS I used a ruby script running on the server to access the three pages to reduce the effect of network delays on the response times.

> On 24 Nov 2014, at 11:55, stephen barncard <stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:
> 
> would you consider this script to be comparative to the "complexity" of
> phpInfo() ?
> 
> anyway I don't think the slowdown I'm seeing at Dreamhost would be caught
> in this benchmark. Once LC is loaded, it <is> quite speedy. But on the
> server it has to restart for every page load.
> 
> my livecode test script was basically the same as yours....except I use the
> .irev suffix on the file.
> 
> <?lc
> -- NEW UNIVERSAL VERSION 20111114
> 
> put $_SERVER[SERVER_NAME] into sSiteName
> put $_SERVER[SERVER_ADDR] into sSiteADDR
> put $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR] into sRemoteADDR
> put \
> "<h1>" && sSiteName  && "</h1>" && \
> "<h2>" && sSiteADDR  && \
> " " && "<span style='color:#7FFFD4;'>(your IP:" && sRemoteADDR &&
> ")</span>" &\
> "</h2>" && \
> "<h4>" &\
> "SERVER TEST  |  " && \
> "server: Livecode" &&  "|" && \
> "OS:" && the platform &&  "|" && \
> "Engine:" && the version && "</h4>"   into sComposedTitle
> ?>
> 
> <html>
> <head>
> <style>
> body {
> background-color:#F9E8D2;
> color:#333333;
> font-family: "Lucida Grande", Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif;
> }
> fieldset {
> background-color:#333333;
> color:black;
> text-align:center;
> }
> h1    {
> color:#FDD017;
> }
> h2    {
> color:#C79F8A;
> }
> h3    {
> color:orange;
> }
> h4    {
> color:#EEEEEE;
> }
> </style>
> <title><?lc put    "LIVECODE SERVER TEST  @" & sSiteName ?></title>
> </head>
> 
> <body>
> <?rev
> command outputRow pLabel, pValue
> ?>
> <tr>
> <td>
> <b>
> <?rev put pLabel ?>
> </b>
> </td>
> <td>
> <?rev put pValue ?>
> </td>
> </tr>
> <?rev
> end outputRow
> ?>
> 
> <fieldset>
> <?rev
> put sComposedTitle ?>
> </fieldset>
> 
> <h2 style="color:black;">Server Globals</h2>
> <hr>
> 
> <table>
> <?rev
> repeat for each key tKey in $_SERVER
> outputRow tKey, $_SERVER[tKey]
> end repeat
> ?>
> </table>
> </body>
> </html>
> 
> *--*
> *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words*
> 
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Phil Davis <revdev at pdslabs.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 11/22/14 10:23 AM, Warren Samples wrote:
>> 
>>> On 11/21/2014 01:56 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm glad it isn't just me:
>>>> http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13983
>>>> 
>>>> Phil Davis
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Phil,
>>> 
>>> Your desktop utility shows a difference of about 8 to 10 times using your
>>> URLs and about 4 times using mine when run under 6.6.2. Opening the URLs in
>>> a browser continues to show a significant difference, but it's hard to
>>> quantify. Could you put a timer in the scripts themselves?
>>> 
>> 
>> New URLs:
>> http://ctrainweb.com/test3.lc
>> http://support.nweta.com/test3.lc
>> 
>> Very interesting! The scripts run quite speedily on both servers.
>> 
>> Also, it seems probable from how they display in the utility and the
>>> browser that the scripts are not quite identical, with the one at <
>>> http://ctrainweb.com/test2.lc> not converting 'CR' to '<br>' as does
>>> (apparently) the other one. However doubtful it might be that this has
>>> serious impact, it would be best ensure they are identical.
>>> 
>> 
>> Done. Here is the 'test3.lc' script:
>> --- start ---
>> <?lc
>> put the long seconds into tStart
>> put tStart into tStart2
>> put "LC version" && the version & CR & "SYSTEM VERSION"  && the
>> systemVersion & CR & the time & CR after tOutput
>> repeat with x = 1 to 3
>>    put x & CR after tOutput
>> end repeat
>> put CR
>> put the keys of $_SERVER into tList
>> sort lines of tList
>> repeat for each line tKey in tList
>>    if $_SERVER[tKey] is an array
>>    then put "[" & tKey & "]" & CR after tOutput
>>    else put tKey && "=" && $_SERVER[tKey] & CR after tOutput
>> end repeat
>> replace CR with "<BR>" in tOutput
>> put the long seconds - tStart && "secs<BR>"
>> put tOutput
>> put the long seconds - tStart2 && "secs<BR>"
>> ?>
>> --- end ---
>> 
>> Phil
>> 
>> 
>>> Warren
>>> 
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>> --
>> Phil Davis
>> 
>> 
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