In Part three of their series, the Oracle Technology Network has posted this new article - "DeployPHP Series, Part 3: Accelerating PHP Code Performance for Oracle".

In this article, I will describe some of the easiest and most effective techniques for accelerating your PHP applications, which include but are not limited to the use of a script cache, proper Web server and PHP configuration and tuning, and benchmarking and profiling.

With this information you will have the means to accelerate your PHP code as much as possible before resorting to hardware upgrades or acquisitions.

There's tons of info here, everything from opcode caching and web server tuning to configuration changes in your PHP install and database performance tips. Ilia has really done a great job with this one, and it's a must read for anyone working with PHP and Oracle...