(Read the update below before starting to copy-paste)
To install Xhprof on PHP5.4 on Ubuntu (assuming you've already got PHP5.4 from Andrej or somewhere safe) in order to measure the load of Chamilo 1.10 dev (you need to have a mercurial clone, otherwise the "tests" directory will not exist), follow this procedure (all lines prefixed with # are comments):
# Add the following:
# Now restart Apache:
There are a few nice hidden features in xhprof, like the possibility to *compare* two page loads. Search the web for more info (e.g. Viewing a Diff Report).
Notes @2014-03-20:
cd /tmp sudo apt-get install php5-dev php-pear pecl bundle xhprof cd xhprof# Here you will have to apply the patch mentioned here: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61674 to your extension/xhprof.c file (otherwise it won't compile with PHP 5.4).
phpize ./configure make sudo make installUPDATE 10/2014: On Ubuntu 14.04, you can now install Xhprof with just:
sudo apt-get install php5-xhprofThen edit the config file
sudo vim /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-xhprof.ini
# Add the following:
extension=xhprof.so xhprof.output_dir=/tmp# Save # In your VirtualHost definition (or simply in your /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini), declare the auto_prepend_file and auto_append_file config vars:
php_value auto_prepend_file /var/www/chamilo/tests/xhprof/header.php php_value auto_append_file /var/www/chamilo/tests/xhprof/footer.php
# Now restart Apache:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restartLoad your Chamilo page. You should now see a little "Profiler output" link in the bottom left corner of the page. That's it, you can now use Xhprof.
There are a few nice hidden features in xhprof, like the possibility to *compare* two page loads. Search the web for more info (e.g. Viewing a Diff Report).
Notes @2014-03-20:
- Following recent tests, it appears like you have to go into the "/tmp/xhprof/extension" directory before launching "phpize" as indicated above
- If you installed PHP5.5 on a recent version of Ubuntu, you will find that most of the above is unnecessary, and that you can simply launch a "sudo apt-get install php5-xhprof" and then create your 20-xhprof.ini file, and you'll have xhprof running
- You might need to update the path in chamilo/tests/xhprof/footer.php, as it is currently hardcoded to "my.chamilo.net". Make sure you give it the address that you are really using
