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0x0 · 2014-03-04 15:31:54+00:00

PHP already kinda did that once, for the PHP6 effort, which was abandoned after many years of being in development. So it's probably not the way to go.

makeitdouble | karma 10324 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2023-01-17 08:06:50

This would really help in a lot of way IMHO. PHP has good aspects, getting rid of the weirder one, even if compatibility gets sacrificed, would be a boon for building new applications.

superasn | karma 8684 | avg karma 5.64 · | 2012-06-28 09:06:30

(Hate to be that guy but) Could something like this ever be possible for PHP?

Nanzikambe | karma 611 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2013-10-23 15:55:34

I'd say this is a fantastic idea if they used something other than PHP, but that's personal preference I guess.

jergason | karma 1296 | avg karma 8.15 · | 2011-08-10 16:40:33

That sounds like it could be useful to the PHP community. Are there plans to open source it?

tored | karma 948 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2022-04-25 10:47:24

My suggestion would be to create a language that compiles to PHP, similar what TypeScript is to JavaScript.

nanny | karma 428 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2015-08-19 13:19:00+00:00

I think PHP already comes with enough of this kind of stuff built-in.

thaJeztah | karma 83 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2014-01-31 15:50:29

Sounds very promising, will definitely give this a spin. Hopefully something like this will make its way into PHP by default.

mikescar | karma 243 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2012-01-08 11:19:08

I'd like to see one of these for PHP, we don't have the larger C++ world immediately available, but it would still be interesting.

jp1989 | karma 217 | avg karma 1.87 · | 2013-10-08 11:10:34

+1 Would love to see this with PHP soon guys.

tonyedgecombe | karma 14463 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2022-04-13 05:52:47

I'd love to see a modern equivalent to PHP. Something for all those quick and dirty web jobs but without the language deficiencies of PHP.

mdasen | karma 15457 | avg karma 8.58 · | 2011-04-29 16:32:57

I'm guessing that your clients wouldn't be pleased with the PHP the compiler produces. It wouldn't really be maintainable PHP code for them.

bgarbiak | karma 609 | avg karma 2.83 · | 2011-10-09 16:12:47

Yes, that would be something huge (or maybe I'm thinking that because I have this idea for a long time and really wish someone would do this). Obviously, the quality of the output php code would matter a lot. Actually, by quality I mean mostly the performance.

mjburgess | karma 10238 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2013-12-19 12:47:42+00:00

They already exist (python, ruby, ...). Improvement is the only way the PHP commuity as the php community will progress.

bitops | karma 2514 | avg karma 4.11 · | 2011-08-25 21:54:46

Also, I'd be curious if PHP support is coming at any time. That seems like it would open the floodgates.

ericfrenkiel | karma 1088 | avg karma 5.61 · | 2012-03-25 16:37:12

very true, though how would this project help? A major rewrite would have to be done with PHP-Snow just as much as another language.

braunshizzle | karma 42 | avg karma 0.62 · | 2019-03-17 17:37:16

Any plans for PHP support?

lemcoe9 | karma 439 | avg karma 3.25 · | 2014-11-28 10:21:11

This does not sound like a very exciting feature. I understand its use and necessity, but it doens't sound that exciting for a language that is being accused of being "in the past."

Disclaimer: I currently do and have used for some time PHP at my job.

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aaronholbrook | karma 16 | avg karma 0.84 · | 2018-03-12 19:53:31+00:00

Any luck in bringing support to PHP yet? I know we had chatted a while ago about that being a possibility - was hoping that was still on the radar.

kolom | karma 8 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2014-12-31 08:24:38

Sounds great, is there anything like this for php?