Hello, George Schlossnagle wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > George Schlossnagle wrote: > >> > >> APC supports compiled code in the fashion I think you're looking for. > >> There's a README.compiler in the distribution tar ball. > > > > I know, I use APC in MMAP mode and I noticed that it outputs PHP > > compiled code for each script to disk. That is precisely what is > > necessary. What is needed that is we can make it work officially as a > > compiler, not just as a cache engines that may or may not output > > compiled files to the disk. > > > > So, would you be interested in help to add the necessary glue to make it > > work officially also as a compiler, if you do not intend to do it > > yourself. > > Sure. I'm not sure what glue you see needing adding, but I'm happy to > help/
I think what is needed is very simple, especially for you that know your own code very well, but if you do not have much free time I can do it with your orientation. BTW, while this thread is going on, I have been getting numerous private messages of people volunteering to do different types of things to help on the whole project. Anyway, what I think is needed is the following: - Add an API function that can compile arbitrary PHP scripts. - Add an API function for loading arbitrary compiled code. - If possible these should take source input and generating compiled output to string so we can handle input and output data from other sources besides files. These would be the basic this that would be necessary. Around this we could build other tools like GUI interfaces from compiling sources in batches, building distribution archives, self extracting and installable PHP applications, etc... Now, for something probably more challenging: could the compiled output be fed to Zend Optimizer somehow and get an optimized compiled output that could be saved, loaded and executed the same way as the non-optimized compiled output? > > How Open Source is APC? Do you take volunteers help (patches, hackers > > with CVS accounts, bug reports, etc..)? > > APC is completely open-source (release under QPL). Patches are > awesome. CVS write-access is only for maintainers at the moment (and > anon cvs to the world). There's noo hard-and-fast rule, but the base > guideline for maintainer status is contribution fixes/patches of > consistent merit and of more than 10% of the code base. Great. And if PHP developers agree, would you be interested in integrating APC extension in PHP, with PHP license of course? > > I looked at all free cache engines (PHPA, APC, Bware). PHPA seems to be > > going to non-Open Source route (no code available for everybody). Bware > > people are nice and are willing to cooperate even if they don't have > > much time. APC, I could not realize how alive the the project is. Do you > > actively work on it or are you too busy? > > I haven't been very active since October (wish I could say it was a > vacation, but alas, it was just work). In about 3 weeks, I should have > much much more free time and hopefully be able to get back to being very > active in apc. Ok, that's normal with everybody these days. Anyway, as I said I have been getting a lot of support to provide a free PHP compiler/optimizer/cache/encoder. So, this will not go forward for the lack of will and contributed work. Keep up the good work, Manuel Lemos -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
