Re: Re: Fork() in php?

> 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 zeev@zend.com. And no, PHP is unlikely to have multi-threading anytime soon. -Rasmus