[SOLVED] file size effecting speed

[asmith]

i have written a php file which is over 50 KB. i wanted to know when i upload this file on the my domain  , when this file is called how much it takes time for the php to read all the time ?

in other words how much the php file size will effect the reading and responding speed?

thanks

[rajivgonsalves]

I don't think it should affect the execution much depends on what the script does ?

[asmith]

1.hmm  do a user download the php file ?

i mean if a php file contain about 50 kb php codes, and 10 kb html.when a user request this file , he download the whole 60 kb ?

or the first 50 kb will be just interpreted in site php interpreter and the user will get that html 10 kb ? ( +  what has been outputed with php from that 50 kb)

 

2. as you mentioned about what does script do ,  it is all about so many if statement and recording to mysql database.

 

 

?

 

[rajivgonsalves]

Yes the user only downloads the output, the interpretation happens at the server end, so it will only get affected if you outputting lot of data

[asmith]

thanks , got what i needed to know .

so no matter how the size is , the script action matters.

 

[rajivgonsalves]

Yes the processing time depends on what your performing in the script.. if you have a good server it would run fine.. I've run scripts that are around 1MB without any problems