Here's a stress test you can run to be sure. Download "wget" for Windows and write a script to hit Special:Random 1000 times. Run 3-4 of these simultaneously. Under this load, I got the PHP crash within 10 seconds. With the new PHP, I didn't see a single error.
Here's my script if you speak Bash. (Also you may need to adjust the Special:Random URL if you aren't using short URLs.)
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -ne 2 ] then echo "Stress-test a MediaWiki server by hitting Special:Random repeatedly" echo "Usage: $0 iterations mediawiki_server" echo "Example: $0 1000 techwiki.vistaprint.net" exit 1 fi limit=$1 server=$2 i=0 while [ $i -lt $limit ] do echo "$i ==============================================" wget -O - http://$server/wiki/Special:Random i=`expr $i + 1` done echo "$0: $limit iterations on $server complete"
DanB
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Dave Sigafoos Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:02 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Local timezone
Fingers crossed .. haven't gotten and error in several minutes
Thanks man
DSig David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation PICK Guy 206-770-5585 davesigafoos@sanmar.com
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Barrett Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:27 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Local timezone
I eliminated a similar-looking HTTPD error (also on Win32 platform) by upgrading from PHP 5.2.1 to the latest dev snapshot (5.2.2-dev) at http://snaps.php.net. Give it a try.
DanB
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