Phalcon PHP Benchmarking Test

This is the Phalcon PHP portion of a benchmarking test suite comparing a variety of web development platforms.

JSON Encoding Test

Uses the PHP standard JSON encoder.

• JSON test controller

Data-Store/Database Mapping Test

Uses the built-in ORM of Phalcon PHP

• DB test controller

Template Test

Uses Phalcons template engine 'Volt'

• Template test controller

Infrastructure Software Versions

The tests were run with:

• Phalcon 1.0.0
• PHP Version 5.4.13 with FPM, APC and Phalcon extension
• nginx 1.4.0
• MySQL 5.5.29

Test URLs

JSON Encoding Test

http://localhost/json

Data-Store/Database Mapping Test

http://localhost/db

Variable Query Test

http://localhost/db?queries=2

Templating Test

http://localhost/fortunes