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PHP 7 performance improvements (3/5): Encapsed strings optimization

Julien Pauli, PHP contributor and release manager, details what changed between PHP 5 and PHP 7, and how to migrate and make effective use of the language optimizations. All statements are documented with specific examples and Blackfire profiles. Third episode: Encapsed strings optimization dropping CPU usage by a factor of 10.

By Julien Pauli, on Nov 28, 2016

PHP 7 performance improvements (2/5): ints/floats are free in PHP 7

Julien Pauli, PHP contributor and release manager, details what changed between PHP 5 and PHP 7, and how to migrate and make effective use of the language optimizations. All statements are documented with specific examples and Blackfire profiles. Second episode: Free ints/floats saving up to 50% CPU usage.

By Julien Pauli, on Nov 21, 2016

PHP 7 performance improvements (1/5): Packed arrays

Julien Pauli, PHP contributor and release manager, details what changed between PHP 5 and PHP 7, and how to migrate and make effective use of the language optimizations. All statements are documented with specific examples and Blackfire profiles. First episode: Packed arrays saving up to 72% in compile and run time.

By Julien Pauli, on Nov 14, 2016

Blackfire build status on Bitbucket cookbook

Native support is pending, but Xavier Leune (@beoneself) wrote a cookbook to integrate Blackfire with Bitbucket now!

By Christophe Dujarric, on May 18, 2016

Speeding-up autoloading on PHP 5.6 & 7.0+ for everyone

At Blackfire.io we love Open-Source. We’re thrilled to contribute a performance enhancement that will benefit almost everyone in the PHP community.

By Nicolas Grekas, on Apr 11, 2016

24 days of Blackfire – Wrap-up

#24DaysOfBlackfire are completed. Are you ready for continuous performance management?

By Christophe Dujarric, on Jan 04, 2016

24 Days of Blackfire – Day 15 to 21

Third week of the #24DaysOfBlackfire. Ready to automate performance management? Ready to contribute to Blackfire Player?

By Christophe Dujarric, on Dec 21, 2015

24 Days of Blackfire – Day 8 to 14

It’s already the second week of the #24DaysOfBlackfire. A lot to discover, and a lot to come!

By Christophe Dujarric, on Dec 14, 2015

24 days of Blackfire – Day 1 to 7

Check out the first week’s wrap-up!

By Christophe Dujarric, on Dec 07, 2015

Profiling ReactPhp HTTP Server requests

Blackfire supports profiling event-loop based PHP web servers such as ReactPHP.

By Romain Neutron, on Oct 09, 2015