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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 10:15:42 -0500
From: mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>
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To: Matthew <matt@ctlno.com>
CC: "'Bruce Momjian'" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>,
	PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>,
	PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: PHP and PostgreSQL
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Matthew wrote:
> 
>         I have been asked by the major PHP developer Rasmus Lerdorf to see
> if
>         the PostgreSQL/PHP interface needs any improvements.
> 
>         Is the current PostgreSQL interface module in PHP adequate?  Does it
>         support all the current libpq features?
> 
> The only problem we have run into (and I have heard of others having this
> problem also) is with persistent connections.  I have seen discussion on
> persistent connection problems but I'm not sure the problem was ever
> resolved.  The problem we have seen is that when using persistent
> connections the web server doesn't seen to reuse the connections or somthing
> to that effect.  The result being that we eventually use up our postgres
> limit of 48 connections and nothing can connect to postgre anymore.  It is
> possible that this is a configuration problem that we haven't sufficiently
> investigated, but I meniton it because I have heard other talk of this.
> Anyone have more information?
> 
I have not seen this, though now that you mention it, I will be on the
lookout.

We have a load balenced system with [n] apache servers, each with a
local Postgres database that receives updates from a master.

On the local web servers, we have done a good deal of load testing. Our
apache instances are pretty persistent, i.e. we do not have a time out
or maximum number of transactions. I never see more more postgres
instances than I have apache instances. We are using pg_pConnect to
connect to the postgres system.

The behavior may differ if the database is on a different system.

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