[ka-Map-users] ka-map with PHP as a CGI vs. DSO?

[Paul Spencer]

Stephen is probably correct, using the web server to generate 404 errors 
and using a web server configuration that redirects the error handler 
could be an excellent way to handle this.

I am not convinced that it would be substantially better than the dso 
method ... but that's where I am also hoping to get feedback :)

Paul

Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> I thinking that be possible to convert ka-map requests to actual tile 
> images instead of via the CGI, and have it be smart enough to handle a 
> 404 response for a tile by re issuing the request via the CGI.
> 
> This would unload the server significantly at the cost of a slightly 
> longer delay in generating a new tile. It might be that the new tile 
> will load faster anyway because there is more processor time available 
> to generate the new tiles.
> 
> -Steve
> 
> Matthew Perry wrote:
> 
>> Hey folks,
>>
>>   It occured to me, as I watched my processor run near 100% due to a
>> few ka-map tile requests, that running ka-map with PHP as a CGI might
>> be a serious liability. In other words, having to start a new process
>> for each tile is extremely expensive compared to running a persistent
>> process or daemon.
>>
>>   Has anyone used Ka-Map with PHP/Mapscript as a DSO? It seems as if
>> this would speed things up a bit. Is this even possible? There has
>> been some discussion on the Mapserver list and the consensus is still,
>> unfortunately, that Apache 2 with PHP DSO is not stable with Mapscipt.
>> Does anyone's experience prove otherwise??
>>
>> What are other folks doing to improve ka-map perfomance given the
>> limitations of CGI?
>>
> 
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