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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. recki-ct/recki-ct AbandonedArchivedProject[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) recki-ct/recki-ct ================= A Compiler Toolkit for PHP. 5454036[3 issues](https://github.com/google/recki-ct/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/google/recki-ct/pulls)PHP Since Sep 5Pushed 7y ago41 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/google/recki-ct)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/recki-ct/recki-ct)[ RSS](/packages/recki-ct-recki-ct/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (5)Used By (0) Recki-CT ======== [](#recki-ct) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cf9ba33b32426715ad9528d7b0f43caf3ffcf74adfa166b10d26104731efcb62/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f676f6f676c652f7265636b692d63742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/google/recki-ct)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c7179f01a1e66af768fe2a69a1cc48a29822b01800a8ecd3193c8ad34dac2097/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f766572616c6c732f676f6f676c652f7265636b692d63742e737667)](https://coveralls.io/r/google/recki-ct?branch=master) The **Recki Compiler Toolkit** for PHP Disclaimer: This is not an official Google product. Warning: This is an incomplete work-in-progress. Stability --------- [](#stability) Recki-CT is **pre-alpha** quality right now. This means that it shouldn't be used in production **at all**. What Is Recki-CT? ----------------- [](#what-is-recki-ct) Recki-CT is a set of tools that implement a compiler for PHP, and is written in PHP! Specifically, Recki-CT compiles a subset of PHP code. The subset is designed to allow a code base to be statically analyzed. This means that global variables, dynamic variables (variable-variables, variable function calls, etc) and references are not allowed. ### What Isn't Recki-CT? [](#what-isnt-recki-ct) Recki-CT is not a re-implementation of PHP. It aims to be a limited subset of the language (one that can be staticly reasoned about). This means that it is not designed to replace PHP, but instead augment it. ### Why? [](#why) PHP itself isn't slow. It's plenty fast enough for most use-cases. As a language, PHP has a lot of corner cases and results in a *really* complex engine implementation. As such, rewriting a new engine isn't going to gain you a lot. The complexity is going to be in there somewhere. So with Recki-CT, we take a different approach. Rather than rewriting the entire engine, we sit on top of an existing engine. The compiler then can compile PHP code into native machine code which can out-perform most JIT compiled implementations (sometimes by very significant margins). The designed mode of operation for Recki is as an AOT (Ahead-Of-Time) compiler. Since it uses aggressive analysis and optimizations, runtime compilation would be a inefficient target. Instead, an Intermediate Representation can be cached, leaving only the final conversion to machine code to happen at runtime. Where can I find out more? -------------------------- [](#where-can-i-find-out-more) Check out the documentation!!! 1. [Introduction and FAQ](doc/0_introduction.md) 2. [Installation](doc/1_installation.md) 3. [Basic Operation](doc/2_basic_operation.md) 4. [Types](doc/3_types.md) 5. [Intermediate Representation](doc/4_intermediate_representation.md) How do I install Recki-CT? -------------------------- [](#how-do-i-install-recki-ct) See the [Installation Documentation](doc/1_installation.md). How do I use Recki-CT? ---------------------- [](#how-do-i-use-recki-ct) A very simple example: ``` /** * @return void */ function foo($bar) {} // Instead of using: foo($baz); // Use: $foo = Jit::JitFu('foo'); $foo($baz); ``` Note that a docblock *must* be present, and must document every parameter type and the return type. Check out the `examples` folder for more examples! License ------- [](#license) Recki-CT is released under the [Apache-2 License](LICENSE). Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) And join the [Google Group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/recki-ct) mailing list. ### Health Score 32 — LowBetter than 72% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity30 Limited adoption so far Community26 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity46 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 89.6% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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