Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/18/07 16:44

Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(Lammi)
>
>> php-code isn't compiled ever.
>
> PHP code is compiled into a bytecode, which is then interpreted by the
> Zend engine. Code caches are able to keep the compiled code in memory to
> speed up the script execution.
>
>> it's parsed.
>
> Parsing is one of the steps that have to be done before code can be
> compiled.
>
> Micha

Nope, Lammi is correct. PHP code is not compiled, it is parsed. It may
or may not be stored as byte code.

Not even Zend claims PHP is compiled.

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