[GitHub Trending] swoole/typephp

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PHP to native compiler, technically interesting but niche.

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Why It Matters

For a solutions architect evaluating PHP performance bottlenecks in legacy or compute-heavy services, TypePHP offers a path to native execution without rewriting in Go or Rust, potentially reducing latency and infrastructure costs while keeping existing PHP codebases.

Key Takeaways

Evaluate TypePHP for hot-path numeric or data-processing PHP services where a 10× speedup on containers and native binaries could replace a rewrite in a systems language.

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Summary

TypePHP is a self-hosting AOT compiler written entirely in PHP that translates PHP source code into C++17 and then native machine code, producing executables, PHP extensions, or shared libraries without a runtime interpreter or JIT. It maps int, float, and bool to C++ scalars for order-of-magnitude speedups on numeric code, supports strongly-typed containers up to 10× faster than PHP arrays, and includes compile-time safety annotations like #[Immutable] and #[ArrayDef]. The compiler supports PHP 8.4 property hooks, asymmetric visibility, and WASM targets, but intentionally supports a defined subset of PHP rather than full drop-in compatibility.

Author

swoole