I posted earlier on how to Get Rich with PHP5.
In that article Rasmus Lerdorf writes about how to use a certain set of debugging tools as well as PECL packages and database modifications to really tweak some serious speed out of your PHP web application.
I use a powerbook G4 for my PHP hackery, so some of the tools he mentioned are not available with a deault OSX 10.4 installation. So I thought, hey lets write a how to install to make this work!!
First lets get a little tool called http_load. Get it here.
Untar the file.
tar zxvf http_load-12mar2006.tar.gz
run make
I recommend copying http_load to a directory like /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/sbin … basically somewhere in your path 🙂
Now lets install kcachegrind. For that, follow this link over to the stray notes blog.
Stray Notes » Blog Archive » Running Kcachegrind on Mac OSX 10.4
Running Kcachegrind on Mac OSX 10.4
Now with both of those installed, you should be ready to go!
Debug your hearts out people!