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Converting PHP scripts to dlls

April 20th, 2007 | Category: php, web dev

By Justin Silverton

I came across this great open source project that allows you to convert your php scripts to a fast/cgi executable that can be executed by any web server that supports it (including apache and IIS).

From the site:

“Roadsend Compiler is an open source, native compiler for the PHP language. It compiles PHP source code to stand alone, native binaries which do not require an interpreter. Roadsend Compiler can build online web applications with Fast/CGI, offline web applications with an embedded web server (MicroServer), desktop GUI applications with PHP-GTK, and console applications. It is known to build on Linux, Windows (using mingw), and FreeBSD.”

Benefits of using the roadsend compiler

  • Faster execution time, because your php script is now a native binary and does not have to be interpreted each time it is accessed.
  • Better than a solution such as zend encoder or ion cube because it does not require the server to have any extra extensions (besides fast/cgi support installed). It also provides a good obfuscation solution.
  • The ability to create stand-alone web applications. These applications include a built-in webserver that allows the execution of php scripts as if they were a local application.

Issues to consider

  • Because this is an executable, it needs to be re-compiled for any operating system that you would like to support (freebsd, linux, windows, etc.)

more information can be found at the main roadsend website here

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5 Comments so far

  1. Dougal Matthews April 20th, 2007 5:37 pm

    Interesting, i wonder how much faster it is?

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