Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article
> <fdc9ae81-d494-48d4-ad4c-3b7d5d261bc2@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> Darren <djcdude@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Apache, PHP and MySQL are all running in 32 bit on a Solaris server
>> that is 64 bit. The main problem I have is I need 64 bit integers so
>> I have 2 questions:
>>
>> If I compile PHP for 64 bit, do I need to compile Apache in 64 bit
>> also? (My VPS came with everything installed as 32 bit except for the
>> OS, it is 64 bit. So, ideally, I would not like to have to go through
>> compiling everything.)
>>
>> Where would be the best place to look for a precompiled PHP5 for
>> Solaris 64 bit?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Darren
>
> You'll need source for everything to compile it into 64-bit. It will
> also be slower as memory access for 64-bit applications has a
> performance penalty over 32-bit applications.
>
Surely memory access is FASTER, its disk access that is slower.