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when should I install the Internationalization php extension?

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Deletedaccount4567435 (talkcontribs)

Do I need to install the Internationalization php extension when the database were set to binary?

Currently I am running a wikifarm holding multiple language wikis with about 500,000 page view per day and the server become very slow. Will I gain some speed after install this extension?

http://pecl.php.net/package/intl

Florianschmidtwelzow (talkcontribs)

This isn't really a question for MediaWiki, right? Maybe it's better you ask in the support forums for php :)

88.130.92.16 (talkcontribs)

Given that it's MediaWiki, which is getting slow, I guess it might have something to do with that... ;-)

I know the installer tells you to install that extension. However, I don't know, if in your case its functions would be used: They are used to do charset conversions and in this regard the PHP extension is way faster than anything, which is written in PHP, meaning which is PHP code itself. However, I am unsure, if the extension would then be used in your situation.

If it was me I would just install it and see.

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