Re: PHP compiler

Jim Jagielski wrote: > At 9:10 AM -0600 2/16/01, dmalcolm wrote: > >Is there such a thing as a PHP compiler? Linux based? Windoze based? > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > Depends on what you mean by a compiler. If you mean a "package" > that turns your PHP script into a 100% stand-alone binary executable > then No, there isn't. If you mean a package that allows you > to turn your text-based source into something that you can distribute > and have people run, without giving out the source, then the Zend > Encoder will fit the bill. > > Recall that it's the Zend Engine that (internally) does the > compilation into an executable form in PHP 4, so to create a > standalone binary, you would need the full PHP 4 and Zend Engine > "binary" functionality in the final executable as well :) > -- > Jim Jagielski <jim@zend.com> > CTO and PHP Evangelist, Zend Technologies - > http://www.zend.com/ > [V: +1 410-420-0140 | F: +1 410-803-2258 | M: +1 443-324-8390] > Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net I understand about the full PHP4 and Zend Engine functionality, although that could be arranged as a unix shared object or Microsoft DLL. As I mentioned in another post though I really am trying to learn more about the limitations of PHP. Thanks. DMJim Jagielski wrote: > At 9:10 AM -0600 2/16/01, dmalcolm wrote: > >Is there such a thing as a PHP compiler? Linux based? Windoze based? > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > Depends on what you mean by a compiler. If you mean a "package" > that turns your PHP script into a 100% stand-alone binary executable > then No, there isn't. If you mean a package that allows you > to turn your text-based source into something that you can distribute > and have people run, without giving out the source, then the Zend > Encoder will fit the bill. > > Recall that it's the Zend Engine that (internally) does the > compilation into an executable form in PHP 4, so to create a > standalone binary, you would need the full PHP 4 and Zend Engine > "binary" functionality in the final executable as well :) > -- > Jim Jagielski <jim@zend.com> > CTO and PHP Evangelist, Zend Technologies - > http://www.zend.com/ > [V: +1 410-420-0140 | F: +1 410-803-2258 | M: +1 443-324-8390] > Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net