Re: Compilers

On 10/30/07, Richard Heyes <richardh@phpguru.org> wrote: > > Wolf wrote: > > Anyone use compilers (linux based or Windoze) and which do you use? > > > > Looking for something free (best) or low cost as we are doing some > > investigation on what methods are best for some of the stuff we have, > > and I'm thinking a compiled PHP app should run faster. > > There's the free eaccelerator. It doesn't spit out compiled php code, > but it does have the same effect by caching the generated byte-code. i wonder if OP is talking about compiling down to binary. there are such things available for java http://gcc.gnu.org/java/ albiet older jvms. i dont know of anything like this available for php; but remember, in general, compiling an interpreted language will result in different behavior than running it through the interpreter. -nathan