Symfony on Xampp is very slow in development, what

Question

I have set up Symfony but every page load requires 40 seconds.

If I have an empty controller it takes 8 seconds to load. If I start to make some complex queries on the database, it's worse. What can I do?

• deactivate the profiler? (will this change a lot?)
• activate APC on dev mode? (but will this not be a problem for changing the code)
• put the session inside APC?
• put Doctrine in the garbage?
• .... ?

I don't really know where to start.

(I am using Windows 7 with Xampp server and 8gb of ram)

Answer 1

A few quick suggestions:

• install PHP 5.5.x (faster)
• Use mod_fcgid instead of mod_php with Apache
• Raise realpath_cache_size and realpath_cache_ttl in your php.ini
• disable XDebug
• ...

See this question, this question and this question.

Answer 2

Something is not right on your system. 40 seconds is way too long. Even in dev mode, your pages should be showing within a second or two.

Someone else has had similar problems here: Windows 7 php + Symfony2 terribly slow