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/ODM of Phalcon PHP

MySQL: DB test controller
MongoDB: 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
MongoDB 2.4.8

Test URLs

JSON Encoding Test

http://localhost/json

Data-Store/Database Mapping Test

MySQL: http://localhost/db MongoDB: http://localhost/mongodb/db

Variable Query Test

MySQL: http://localhost/queries?queries=2 MongoDB: http://localhost/mongodb/queries?queries=2

Update Test

MySQL: http://localhost/update

http://localhost/fortunes

Plaintext Test

http://localhost/plaintext

Fortunes Test

MySQL: http://localhost/fortunes MongoDB: http://localhost/mongodb/fortunes