PHP Extensions Necessary

Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:39 pm

Listed below are the php extensions that are enabled on my server. Since I only run RN, any comments/suggestions as to which ones can be disabled. An overabundance of extensions can be the cause of apache running a little sluggish.

extension=sqlite.so
extension=iconv.so
extension=xml.so
extension=pcre.so
extension=mbstring.so
extension=session.so
extension=xmlrpc.so
extension=bz2.so
extension=ctype.so
extension=mysql.so
extension=pgsql.so
extension=imap.so
extension=ftp.so
extension=curl.so
extension=gd.so
extension=mcrypt.so
extension=mhash.so
extension=gettext.so
extension=domxml.so
extension=sockets.so
extension=chasen.so
extension=kakasi.so
extension=namazu.so

Cheers

registered · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:10 am

dad7732, let me first preface this by I fully qualified "I am no Apache module expert", but when I look at this list, I would be tempted to try removing the following (and testing thoroughly):

extension=pgsql.so (if you are only using MySQL)
extension=chasen.so (no idea what this is)
extension=kakasi.so (no idea what this is)
extension=namazu.so (no idea what this is)

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:56 am

pgsql - PostGRE
kakasi - Language converter regarding kanji characters
namazu - search engine of some sort
chasen - ChaSen FreeBSD Japanese character text thing.

Will comment those out.

Thanks

registered · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:44 am

extension=sqlite.so , RN2.4 is using mysql as a base , no need for that one at the moment.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:59 am

Keep 'em coming .. thanks everyone.

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:44 pm

commented out:

kakasi
namazu
sqlite
bz2
msql
chasen
pgsql

So far so good, just have to keep an eye on "top" to see if this improves things any.

Thanks

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:59 am

I did not recommend sqlite as it may be used (not sure yet) in future RN versions. Just so you know this and keep it in mind...

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:19 pm

montego wrote:

I did not recommend sqlite as it may be used (not sure yet) in future RN versions.

good thing you're considering it. Very Happy

I half expected that , thats why I said "at the moment"

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:16 pm

Easy enough to re-enable it, etc. ..

Cheers

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:39 pm

Hmm, so your hunting down resource hogs and have server access, then I would definitely check out the servers web stats routines. By default these are often set to update every hour and there really isn't any need. You'll notice a big difference in overall performance if your running a few busy sites.

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:08 pm

Webstats don't run every hour on my server.

However, I found a big problem. Seems like I had too many RBLS configured in my sendmail.cf file. I pared it down to only three and the results were outstanding. PHP extensions are inconsequential.

Cheers