This page is used to test our web server's performance.

The provision of a web page is no longer as simple as just feeding out a flat file when requested. Small adjustments need to be made to content on every page - for example, to give our phone number as you would dial it to reach us. And then on other pages, the names of examples from our training notes will be added in dynamically, allowing further material to be added to our delegate support pages simply by copying files onto the server.

This is a "typical" sample page - just a few things change on it, but it does run through all our mechanisms and so can be used to see how much resource each stage is using. It's of internal use to Well House Consultants staff (and perhaps as a demonstration of a technique to our delegates) ... but the following table won't convey specific phase details to our visitors.

10	0.10015300 1329059318		.
11	0.10358800 1329059318	(0.0034)	.
12	0.11873500 1329059318	(0.0151)	.
14	0.12645100 1329059318	(0.0077)	Starting top of page preps.
15	0.12681700 1329059318	(0.0004)	Connected to database and handled 'navigation on'.
16	0.12687600 1329059318	(0.0001)	DDA preference, country, languages handled.
18	0.13246100 1329059318	(0.0056)	Throttling back systems doing a denial of service.
19	0.13751500 1329059318	(0.0051)	Recent history database tidied.
20	0.13758000 1329059318	(0.0001)	'See Also' links evaluated.
21	0.13927900 1329059318	(0.0017)	User Comments handled.
22	0.13967200 1329059318	(0.0004)	Course Price table loaded.
23	0.15753300 1329059318	(0.0179)	User's language preference logged.
24	0.15860700 1329059318	(0.0011)	Country identified and output tailored.
25	0.15870100 1329059318	(0.0001)	Side image and world zone set.
26	0.15872500 1329059318	(0.0000)	Top image and data mine set up for Google arrivals.
27	0.15873800 1329059318	(0.0000)	Back links calculated.
28	0.15876600 1329059318	(0.0000)	Amazon referals handled.
29	0.15897100 1329059318	(0.0002)	Changes to user preferences saved.

If you would like to learn more about PHP techniques such as the ones we use on this page, have a look at our PHP Techniques Workshop.