> On 20-May-01 17:42:22, you wrote:
>
> >> >Not really, the parent has to somehow call wait() on the child, otherwise
> >> >you'd get zombie processes...
> >> >Generally, implementing that sort of stuff within the Apache framework is
> >> >a bit of asking for trouble :I
> >>
> >> Anyway, PHP really lacks of real multi-threading capabilities. Things like
> >> database connection pooling, (non-HTTP) server request handling, and GUI
> >> event processing could be properly implemented in PHP with multi-threading
> >> capabilities like the way it is done in Java, Perl, Python, etc. but can't
> >> be done right in PHP because it lacks multi-threading support.
> >>
> >> Any plans to add multi-threading capabilities to PHP?
>
> >Nope, but you can use the ticks feature to do some of this.
>
> Not very good. With ticks you never can run two PHP commands at the same
> time, like for instance executing two or more SQL queries at the same time.
> That is a shame for PHP because for instance in Java that is a breeze.
>
> Anyway, I was asking Zeev, will PHP ever have multi-threading capabilities?
No, you asked the mailing list. Zeev's email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And no, PHP is unlikely to have multi-threading anytime soon.
-Rasmus
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