user31880: I am trying to use bitcoins on my website. For this I use EasyBitcoin-PHP. It works good except that it is very slow. It takes about 5 seconds to load a simple script like this:
<?php
require_once 'easybitcoin.php'; 
$bitcoin = new Bitcoin('...', '...');
echo $bitcoin->getinfo();
?>

Is there a faster alternative than EasyBitcoin-PHP or is there a way to make it faster?

user11123: This is likely implementation specific. Bitcoind is an intensive application to run on a basic server, especially if the webapp lives on the same machine. 
You should never directly connect a page's code with Bitcoin Core, for static information you should run a cronjob to update a cache every n seconds. If all you're showing is the last 10 blocks, maybe you shouldn't have every user at that moment triggering calls for the same data. 
Update: It's worth mentioning that RPC responses suffer a delay whenever Bitcoin Core is syncing, whether syncing for the first time, or being switched on after a day. This is because the block verification functions block for a while.

31880: <p>I am trying to use bitcoins on my website. For this I use EasyBitcoin-PHP. It works good except that it is very slow. It takes about 5 seconds to load a simple script like this:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?php
require_once 'easybitcoin.php'; 
$bitcoin = new Bitcoin('...', '...');
echo $bitcoin-&gt;getinfo();
?&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Is there a faster alternative than EasyBitcoin-PHP or is there a way to make it faster?</p>
 11123: <p>This is likely implementation specific. Bitcoind is an intensive application to run on a basic server, especially if the webapp lives on the same machine. </p>

<p>You should never directly connect a page's code with Bitcoin Core, for static information you should run a cronjob to update a cache every <code>n</code> seconds. If all you're showing is the last 10 blocks, maybe you shouldn't have every user at that moment triggering calls for the same data. </p>

<p>Update: It's worth mentioning that RPC responses suffer a delay whenever Bitcoin Core is syncing, whether syncing for the first time, or being switched on after a day. This is because the block verification functions block for a while.</p>
