---
title: "Improving PHP Performance for Web Applications"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/improving-php-performance-for-web-applications-veaveqfhk
source_url: https://www.keycdn.com/blog/php-performance
type: article
source: "keycdn"
published: 2023-05-19T07:29:01.860Z
updated: 2023-07-20T14:10:56.027Z
tags: ["performance", "database", "php"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 26
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Improving PHP Performance for Web Applications

**[keycdn](https://daily.dev/sources/keycdn)** · 10 min read · 26 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

The best tool for improving PHP performance isn't any individual program; it's knowing which problems to look for and how to address them. Achieving optimal performance is often a balancing act that requires trade-offs between speed, accuracy, and scalability. Writing good code is the essential step to creating PHP applications that are fast and stable.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@nguyenung91** · 2 upvotes

> `Compared to count(), strlen(), and sizeof(), isset() is a faster and simpler way to determine if a value is greater than 0.`
>
> isset() can not determine a value is greater than 0
> with $a = 0, isset($a) will return true

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Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php)

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