How does Zend fit in the PHP 4.0 plan?
Like its little brother, the PHP3 engine, Zend comes to solve
several deficiencies in previous versions of PHP. First, and
perhaps most importantly, it implements the same language as PHP
3.0, but does so in a much more optimized manner. Zend
typically executes PHP3 scripts at anywhere between 3 to 200
times quicker. Considering you dont have to change a
single letter in your script, but simply install a new version of
PHP thats a pretty important benefit. This
benefit is by far most noticeable on extremely busy sites, or
sites that implement complex logic in their PHP scripts. Zend
plugins, that will be available separately, will allow even
higher speed for sites that need to squeeze every last bit of
performance.
several deficiencies in previous versions of PHP. First, and
perhaps most importantly, it implements the same language as PHP
3.0, but does so in a much more optimized manner. Zend
typically executes PHP3 scripts at anywhere between 3 to 200
times quicker. Considering you dont have to change a
single letter in your script, but simply install a new version of
PHP thats a pretty important benefit. This
benefit is by far most noticeable on extremely busy sites, or
sites that implement complex logic in their PHP scripts. Zend
plugins, that will be available separately, will allow even
higher speed for sites that need to squeeze every last bit of
performance.
Zend introduces several new language constructs (like foreach,
class::method() calls, reference support and more), and also
remedies the most annoying problems of the PHP3 engine (notably,
nesting arrays within objects and vice versa; a true
implementation of unset(); and more). For a full list of
new language-level features or improvements, go to
http://www.zend.com/,
and select the New Features button.
class::method() calls, reference support and more), and also
remedies the most annoying problems of the PHP3 engine (notably,
nesting arrays within objects and vice versa; a true
implementation of unset(); and more). For a full list of
new language-level features or improvements, go to
http://www.zend.com/,
and select the New Features button.
In order to better understand how PHP relates to its engine (which
is very similar to the relationship between a car and its engine),
consider the following diagram:
is very similar to the relationship between a car and its engine),
consider the following diagram:
As you can see, without the PHP modules and the wrapper layer,
all you would have is a nifty scripting engine, but not something
you can actually work with.
all you would have is a nifty scripting engine, but not something
you can actually work with.
