jasper182 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Hello. I am currently developing a web app in php. Its going well, but I was wondering how php scales. I'm not expecting a huge user base, at least at first, but if the app takes off, can php handle a large traffic load? Also, do you guys know any howto's or faq's about creating a web at and how to successfully host it for a large user base? Any advice you guys have on the subject would be much appreciated, seeing how I've never worked on anything like this before. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Some of the biggest sites on the net use PHP as there backend. Yahoo! for one. How big do you expect to get? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper182 Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Well I guess that answers my first question But where can I find out more about the actual hosting stuff needed to do this sort of thing? I've done quite a bit of coding, but my experience with servers and such is very limited I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I'm afraid your questions are way to vague to answer. Do what sort of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper182 Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 I'd just like a basic guide to web servers. Things like building a site that will scale well, when/how to host a single site over several servers to increase speeds, just things like that. I don't have much experience with that stuff, so I was hoping some users here have experience with this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john010117 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Google is your friend. This forum is only for PHP-specific related questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj-kenpo Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 he biggest concern you'll face non php related is cpu usage if your app grows. $100/yr will get you 1tb bandwidth and 200gb space these days, oh sure, but use even a smidge of the servers cpu and your site will be shut down temporarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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