VKCOM/kphp

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

KPHP is a PHP compiler developed at VK.com that compiles a limited subset of PHP to C++ and then to a native binary running faster than plain PHP. It performs static type inference and compile-time optimizations, and runs the compiled code within an embedded HTTP server.

Use cases

• compile PHP code to a fast native binary
• speed up PHP backend code by 3-10x
• add static type checking to a PHP codebase
• run PHP-like code without a PHP runtime or JIT
• build high-performance web services with PHP syntax

When to choose

• you have performance-critical PHP code and are willing to adapt it to a strict type system
• you want compile-time type safety and optimizations for PHP-style code
• you are building a new backend service and prefer PHP syntax with native speed

When to avoid

• you need to compile arbitrary existing PHP code without modifications
• you rely on unsupported PHP features like generators, anonymous classes, SPL, or XML parsing
• you need dynamic PHP features such as calling by name or mocks

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

compiler http-server web-framework compilers programming-languages web-development backend performance cpp cli php transpiler static-typing type-inference native-binary vk compiler linux macos

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