symfony is slow
Since PHP 5.5 has now integrated the PHP OPCache, this speeds up the execution time. In my setup a full request with database access takes 180ms now. Steps: Update to the latest php version Enable OPCache Disable xdebug Set realpath_cache_size = 2M as DemonTPx mentioned php.ini settings: realpath_cache_size = 2M [XDebug] xdebug.profiler_enable = 0 xdebug.remote_enable = 0 [opcache] zend_extension = "C:\xampp18\php\ext\php_opcache.dll" opcache.enable = 1 opcache.enable_cli = 0 opcache.memory_consumption = 128 opcache.interned_strings_buffer = 8 opcache.max_accelerated_files = 4000 Why is