Php.ini Causing Ajax To Load Slow?

Question

Strange bug here... ajax has been loading slow on this server since day one... we thought it was the internet connection, until yesterday. I accidentally added an invalid extension into the php.ini file (ie. extension=php_pdf.dll), and then all of a sudden, the ajax loaded extremely fast. When I took out that invalid extension, the ajax loaded slow again. My colleges and I did not create the php config file, so I'm not sure why this is happening... maybe there's a setting turned on in the php config file that is causing the ajax to load slow, and when this invalid extension is included, it skips the setting... not sure. But hopefully someone can help explain this!

If anyone can point me in the right direction to why this is happening, I'd appreciate it! Our slow ajax loading won't be fixed until this is sorted out, and the guy who created the php.ini file no longer works here.

The site is: link text

So if you click there, you'll see how slow the ajax loads. Please help, I can include the php.ini file if anybody wants to see what settings are enabled.

Thanks in advance to any help I receive.

Answer 1

You may want to install firebug if you are not using it already (it's a webdeveloper plugin for firefox).

I just checked out the site and the data seems to be loading fast enough but it seems the JS is just terribly slow. A hint that something is wrong is also in the net tab that doesn't seem to be able to determine the size of your ajax calls, if the js has that same problem it could cause it to hang waiting for the stream to end.

Looks like misconfiguration in the php.ini, but without its content it is hard to say anything about it really.

Also, if you try to load the ajax call manually, you'll see that the page loads for a long time, but the data shows up almost instantly, and then the connection is not closed immediately.