127.0.0.1 or localhost?

[CTXMedia]

Okay, thanks guys, that explains the difference and shows me there are situations where using one or the other can have an impact; such as the backend settings using a socket as opposed to tcp/ip if you change the server name to localhost.

I'll leave it at locahost for the front end and 127.0.0.1 for the back end (since I don't need to micro-optimise).

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[h0us3cat]

127.0.0.1 made my site load 10x faster.

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/slow-er-loading.42917/page-2#post-468104