Since 2.6.1 Open Classifieds is fully compatible with PHP 7.
Long story short: Your site could be up to 4 times faster with PHP 7.
Today I am going to test Open Classifieds speed / performance using different PHP versions, so we can compare them.
I am testing on a very modest server:
- VPS server @ Vultr $5 / month
- 778 MB – 1 Core – 15 GB SSD
- Ubuntu 14.04 LEMP – With APCu
- Open Classifieds 2.6.1 with 540 ads.
Benchmark tool
With Serverpilot it’s very easy to change the PHP version of your application from the panel.
I like a lot Siege easy simple and nice report.
apt-get install siege
To launch it
siege -c 5 -b --time=30S http://test7.open-classifieds.com
Will create 5 concurrent jobs during 30 seconds.
