load testing

[leonleun]

i need to load test one of our scripts written in php

is there any way i can have a php script simultaneously open multiple instances of another script?

[PyroX]

$so=0;
$time1=date();
while($so<10000){
$get=file("http://yoururl or localhost/path/file.php");
$so++;
}
$time2=date();

echo "Started: $time1 , Ended $time2 , Executed $so";

[leonleun]

is there a way i can simulate multiple people accessing it in parallel?

yours will load it one after another, but not at the same time.

[PyroX]

$so=0;
$time1=date();
while($so<10000){
$get=file("http://yoururl or localhost/path/file.php");
$so++;
if(!ereg("\",($so/10)) echo "<SCRIPT>window.open('$PHP_SELF');</SCRIPT>";
}
$time2=date();

echo "Started: $time1 , Ended $time2 , Executed $so";

Opens new window on each set dividable by 10.

[leonleun]

something like that might work...but then i am going to have to wade through a couple hundred windows...

i will just need to make sure i don't cause a recursive loop.

[PyroX]

Its the only way with php code, it runs server side as I am sure you know.

( Be sure you use the URL not the FILENAME in the file() )

[leonleun]

thanks for the help!
you gave me a few ideas