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PHP is a versatile language that gives the programmer many tools to get the job done. One such tool is sessions, but in some cases sessions can have a detrimental effect on your site’s performance.

Since switching from a Windows server to a UNIX server, I noticed a huge increase in overall site performance - but sometimes, with no noticeable pattern, a page would take a minute to load against the average which was under a second.

After messing with the scripts and painstakingly commenting out sections of code, I discovered that the problem lie quietly in the PHP sessions - specifically the session_start function. Perhaps it has something to do with disk operations and UNIX operating systems, whatever it was it was causing some frustrating performance problems.

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There’s nothing more frustrating than a slow PC grinding its cogs while you wait to check your bank balance before you leave for work in the morning. Clicking Internet Explorer and waiting 30 seconds for the application to load begs for justification as to why you spent $400 on that computer in the first place - wouldn’t it be quicker to just drive to the bank? It could certainly be less stressful.

There is an epidemic of slow computer syndrome, it’s caused primarily by the constant bulky packages we install as consumers. Buy a printer, install the drivers - and the boat load of sofware that comes with it. Even Windows is bloated full of useful tools that you’ll probably never use.

So I want to focus on how to speed up your machine, or rather stop it from running so slowly. We’ll be looking at how you can reduce your computer’s work load, and give your computer more resources to help it better manage the work load it has.

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