'Compiling' PHP functions

stovellp

Hi,

I have a group of functions that I call from every page of my web site. Their main function is to print the navigation bars and that sort of thing.

I was wondering if there is a way I could somehow 'compile' the code so that it runs a tad faster. So rather than having the interpreter handle everything, it would run and output a different way. I'm not sure if PHP can do this, but if it could I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me 🙂 (Otherwise I'll try to do it in C++ or leave it how it is)

~ Paul

zingbats

Well, You could put all the navigation "stuff" into a file called menu.php then include to it..?

stovellp

Yeh, thats what I've done, now I was just wondering If i could turn that include file into bytecode or something like that, to speed up its output.

~ Paul

superwormy

You can, but not with just PHP.

Check out the Zend Optimizer ( http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-optimizer.php ) and the Zend Perfomance Suite ( http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-performance-suite.php )

Also do a Google search for things like PHP Compiler or php compiled code or some such like that, there are alternatives to Zend's products, but from my experience, Zend has AWESOME support and just the Optimizer can increase perfoamce like 5 or 6 times over :-)

stovellp

Ok, thanks very much 🙂

rinjani

There's also PEAR::cache that might help you.

rinjani