Re: PHP for embedded device: reduce size
| From: | jvlad | Date: | Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:10:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP for embedded device: reduce size | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> All,
>
> I have cross-compiled php-cgi for a MIPS device (mediaplayer), but the
> binary is quite large, more than 3MB. I'm using:
>
> ./configure --prefix=../result/php-5.3.5 --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
> --target=mipsel-linux-gnu --build=mipsel-linux-gnu --enable-cgi
> --disable-all --without-pear --with-config-file-path=/etc/
>
> Which options do I have to reduce size of the binary? E.g. can I
> remove the zend engine?
you may want to re-generate zend_vm_execute.h
php zend_vm_gen.php --without-specializer
It will save ~300k.
also you may want to try to remove Reflection, SPL and Date extensions and
optimize for size: -O1
instead of performance (-O2)
Don't forget to strip off debug info from the binary.
regards,
j