PHP Installation - Effects on Performance

Angus-Higgins · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:37

SiriusB said:
Why do you have to move your router?

Assuming your computer is reasonably powerful, then you wont struggle to run AMP [Apache, MySQL and PHP].

LAMPP [or XAMPP as it is now known] takes a lot of the effort out of installing the software, but steps should be taken to secure it before you use it for anything other than development.

The router was moved as there were issues with attenuation (I believe). (My house is situated in a bad place for an Internet connection [being quite far from an exchange]).

The computer I am running is reasonably powerful.

If I were intending to merely use it locally, (in other terms, I would simply be accessing the files through the browser on the computer they are stored), would it need only basic configuration (in other terms, there would be no security issues)?

Thanks for the good posts.

Angus Higgins

Angus-Higgins · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:44

Does installing this on a different computer (the one that I have spare) yield any form of advantage? (It is note worthy that this would require some form of Wireless [WiFi 802.11b {I believe}] adapter [which would need to be purchased]). I don't like installing things on my main computer (as I fear it will cause problems).

Angus Higgins

Angus-Higgins · 8 Oct 2007 at 22:50

SiriusB said:
It wouldn't cause any problems. But if you wanted to use it on another computer, it is easy to do. How you connect to that other computer will have absolutely zero impact.

Thanks for the good post.

I was just trying to ascertain whether the energy (effort [if you will]) output in getting the Wireless (WiFi 802.11g [I believe]) adapter would be counterbalanced by the better performance of my compute (having not had the AMP installed).

I think I will install the LAMP system (or equivalent) on my old computer (after purchasing the afore-mentioned adapter for it [in order to network with it]). (I can purchase this adapter from Staples [where I intend to purchase a white-board]).

I thank you highly for these good responses. (This is the best thread I have participated in [in recent weeks {due to lack of argument}]).

Angus Higgins