Mythbusting “PHP is rarely the bottleneck,” data shows 40% of time spent in PHP
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The common claim that 'I/O is always the bottleneck, not PHP' turns out to be misleading. Data from 1,240 production projects shows PHP accounts for 40.3% of average request time, and 34% of projects spend more than 50% of their time in PHP. E-commerce platforms like Magento 2 and Shopware 6 hit nearly 50% PHP time, significantly higher than leaner Symfony or Laravel apps.
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