Benchmarking PHP Applications and Frameworks

This talk will begin with an outline of the differences between "profiling" code blocks and "benchmarking" a system or subsystem. After a short discussion on the purpose and intent of running benchmarks, we will see how to set up a benchmarking system, including the "ab" tool and the experimental controls needed when doing comparative benchmarks. Finally, there will be real-life examples of comparative benchmarks between some major frameworks, and a description what the results indicate (and just as importantly what they do *not* indicate).