Re: Suggestions for the next php

Hello, Rouvas Stathis wrote: > > Manuel Lemos wrote: > > > > > > For example, multi-threading. Looking at the PHP sources, I can see this > > > > would be fairly easy to implement on some most server modules. Before I > > > > get fried by people for suggesting this, I know there are many functions > > > > that are not thread safe, such the ob_* functions. But as far as I can > > > > see threading would be well suited to some PHP tasks... > > > > You can use the pcntl extension if you are using any (fork capable) > > Unix. > > Can you elaborate on the "pcntl extension", please? > What is it? It is an extension that lets you create child processes with Unix fork. It does not work on Windows because it can't fork. > How do you use it? You have to ask Jason Greene because it is not yet documented. Regards, Manuel Lemos