When I run a CURL request to a html page it is retrieved in approximately 0.002 seconds, but when I retrieve a php page it takes approximately 0.04 seconds. (It soon adds up when there are 20 or more requests per page).
The html page contains a short sentence and the php page echos it, no difference in data being received.
Is this due to php 'loading' times? Surely if php is running continuously then this shouldn't be happening.
I'm currently running on (mt) grid service if that helps to explain matters. If this is just the norm then I would be appreciative if you could advise me as to which other languages I can use to write an SQL data retrieval program accessible from the web (securely).
Thanks to anyone who replies