Is there any benchmark which compares PHP and JSP?
benchmarking, java, jsp, php
Solution
I just stumbled over the language shootout yesterday, again where you can compare some performance characteristics of both languages while running different programs. I didn't find a benchmark for web performance, though.
Fact is, that interpreted languages like PHP are always slower than a compiled language. JSP files get compiled, too, so once the server is up an running and doesn't get changed anymore, the performance will be better than a PHP script that gets interpreted every time a request comes in.
On the other hand, the first performance bottleneck you will have will probably be the database speed, anyway. And then there are still lots of other ways for improving performance like pre compiling your PHP scripts, externalizing heavy calculations into C etc. And compared to the monster of Java web development PHP is easy to learn and to get along with. In the end, if you have the choice, you should go with the language you are most comfortable with. If you are starting a new project you may not even know if all the performance considerations will ever be important because you don't have the users yet and just want to get your application out there quickly.
Problem
I don't want to make a holy war. I just want to know if there is such benchmark? Or maybe you can say something about this thread from your experience?