Can a PHP file handle multiple requests?

Question

Instead of starting new instances of a PHP script when an HTTP request is received, is there any way for one PHP script to handle multiple requests?

Answer 1

PHP is built around the "Share Nothing" concept which gives you the ability to load balance and scale an application better by having a distributed network. So "no" this cant be done. If you imagine the initiation costs are high then maybe adjust the architecture to conceptually 'cache' your objects/data/views as much as you can. Use serialize() or something.