How to speed up PHP/MySQL website?

[swapshop]

Running a php mysql classifieds site

All works well except it is slow

Can any one take a look and tell me if they can see any issues?

Try to optimise the site but need some pointers

Minimized graphics as well

7000+ users 2000 adverts in the db

i am stumped at the mo as to what is wrong?

Any advice would be good

base domain is the landing page

/classifieds is the script and db

[edited by: jatar_k at 12:58 pm (utc) on April 9, 2008]
[edit reason] no urls thanks [/edit]

[swapshop]

Applears my Css is causing me some issues in the load time

Using FF firebug and Yslow

Are there any good tools to use to break down load times?

[g1smd]

There's a few Mozilla extensions.

There's many ways of optimising your PHP code to make it more efficient too.

[swapshop]

thanks for the reply but I need a starting point

I seem to have coded a loop or something on the site

The page loads but there is a delay at the start then the page starts to render but the tabs dont appear to the end yet they are loaded in a css in the header?

I am trying to figure a process to see where the issue lies?

[mikhaill]

Without seeing the source code or at least your code logic its hard to say, it can be anywhere from a bad index in your DB to bad logic in SQL call to excessive loop or anything else. You got to give us us some meat to bite into.