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High Performance PHP

This course provides an overview of webserver, database, and core PHP optimizations that are essential for creating a fast PHP application. In under two hours, you will learn the keys to building and scaling an app that can support millions of users.

Intermediate
1h 34m
(90)

Created by Jonathan Klein

Last Updated Jun 20, 2024

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High Performance PHP

This course provides an overview of webserver, database, and core PHP optimizations that are essential for creating a fast PHP application. In under two hours, you will learn the keys to building and scaling an app that can support millions of users.

Intermediate
1h 34m
(90)

Created by Jonathan Klein

Last Updated Jun 20, 2024

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What you'll learn

You too can create fast-running PHP apps that support millions of users. This course, High Performance PHP, will teach you tips and tricks for speeding up your PHP application. You'll start by learning about micro-optimizations at the code-level, moving on to how many child processes you should be running on your webserver and database options. Finally, you will learn about profiling your code and load testing your application, so you can be confident that it will perform well no matter how large your application becomes. By the end of this course, you'll be able to easily create and optimize PHP apps for speed.

High Performance PHP
Intermediate
1h 34m
(90)
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Jonathan Klein - Pluralsight course - High Performance PHP
Jonathan Klein
3 courses 4.5 author rating 189 ratings

Jonathan is a Director of Engineering at Wayfair, where he helps create the best place to buy anything for your home. Previously he ran engineering at Attend, and before that he was a senior software engineer at Etsy, where he focused on solving web performance and scalability challenges.

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