png images and php4

[Anon]

Hello,

I currently generate png images with the help of php4.Data is derived from a flat text file.
It takes around .3 seconds to create one image file. Because I plan to create a larger amount of files (several thausend) each day, .3 seconds seems to be quite a long time. It takes lots of resources.

Is there a way to accelerate generation of images. For example, is it more effective to use Perl or C instead of php4 or is it more effective to read data from a database such as mysql instead of using flat text files.

Thanks,
Andre

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Why do you create the image on the fly in the first place?

In 99% of all applications you can generate the image once, save it to disk, and use the saved version from then on.

[Anon]

i plan to create around 4000-5000 graphs each day and make them available to users as static files