title: slow php command line performance - is this normal or do I have an install problem?
body: <p>I have a simple PHP app that prints 'hello world'.  When I run it from the command line it takes 6 seconds.  Is this normal?  It seems to take 1 seconds before "hello world" prints, then 5 seconds after.</p>
  
  <p>I am running PHP version 5.2.12 on Windows Server 2008 R2.  Could this be an install issue, or is it typical?  I did a manual install of PHP then added whatever components were needed to run Drupal.  The only PHP addon I remember adding was MDB2, CGI support is there too.</p>
  
  <p>I am used to a Lua project I run from the command line, hundreds of lines of code that will run in under a second.</p>
  
  <p>I have some unit tests I run from the command line, and already with just a few they are very slow.  I run them from Netbeans and the tests are still very slow.</p>
  
  <p>I run precisely this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\temp&gt;copy con test.php
  &lt;?php
  print('hello, world');
  ^Z
          1 file(s) copied.
  
  C:\temp&gt;test.php
  hello, world
  </code></pre>