WordPress on .NET

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Post by pchp » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:09 PM UTC

WordPress on .NET
peachpie.io

Re: WordPress on .NET

#2

Post by duke360 » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:40 PM UTC

<3 this! any idea on when it will be production-ready?

Re: WordPress on .NET

#3

Post by egeozcan » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:46 PM UTC

This seems to be built on an open-souce PHP->CLR compiler called Peachpie[1]. Interesting project. I don't have any PHP codebase that I still maintain but looking forward to trying it with some scripts I've written back in the days. I wonder if it would be faster than PHP 7 - which is already very fast (ok, just found these: http://www.peachpie.io/benchmarks ).

[1]: http://www.peachpie.io/

[edit] If the author is looking, a few nitpicks from the website:

- A blank page is shown if browser doesn't load 3rd party scripts by default

- After enabling them, the scroll wheel doesn't work

- Typo: "free completely to use" -> "completely free to use"

- "Run PHP apps on the most secure platform available, Microsoft .NET" -> I also admire the platform but most secure? Comes off a bit too strong.

Re: WordPress on .NET

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Post by andy_ppp » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:48 PM UTC

This is very clever, what is the performance like compared to PHP?

Re: WordPress on .NET

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Post by oblio » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:49 PM UTC

Well, considering the fact that PHP post v4 is trying to become Java, it made sense that at some point it would be able to run on the JVM or its step-cousin CLR.

By the way, does anyone know of a similar project where the JVM is targeted instead?

Re: WordPress on .NET

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Post by 0x0 » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:51 PM UTC

oblio wrote: post #5

Well, considering the fact that PHP post v4 is trying to become Java, it made sense that at some point it would be able to run on the JVM or its step-cousin CLR. By the way, does anyone know of a similar project where the JVM is targeted instead?

Quercus was (is?) an attempt at doing PHP on the JVM, it's been many many years since I last looked into it. http://quercus.caucho.com/

Re: WordPress on .NET

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Post by nbevans » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:58 PM UTC

Running PHP and indeed WordPress on the .NET CLR seems like a great way to eliminate a whole tranche of bugs/vulnerabilities in one swoop. Respect.

Re: WordPress on .NET

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Post by mgkimsal » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:58 PM UTC

oblio wrote: post #5

Well, considering the fact that PHP post v4 is trying to become Java, it made sense that at some point it would be able to run on the JVM or its step-cousin CLR. By the way, does anyone know of a similar project where the JVM is targeted instead?

"project zero" was an effort from ibm to run php on jvm, but it's been several years since anything was done (have to assume it's abandoned).

i remember in 2003 wondering if something to allow php to run on jvm would be useful/viable - couldn't convince too many folks in the local user group that the idea had any merit.

Re: WordPress on .NET

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Post by hultner » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 1:59 PM UTC

duke360 wrote: post #2

<3 this! any idea on when it will be production-ready?

What's the benefit over running a standard PHP-Interpreter?

Haven't used PHP or WordPress since 2010 so I might have missed something but to me this looks more like a tech demo then something one would use in a production environment.

Re: WordPress on .NET

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Post by amalag » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 2:02 PM UTC

hultner wrote: post #9

duke360 wrote: post #2

<3 this! any idea on when it will be production-ready?

What's the benefit over running a standard PHP-Interpreter? Haven't used PHP or WordPress since 2010 so I might have missed something but to me this looks more like a tech demo then something one would use in a production environment.

I remember from the PHP on Java that there were huge performance benefits. So large PHP hosts should see benefits.