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Amp
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Amp
- Amphp 3.0.0
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Is it possible that PHP will ever get async/await functions?
If you want async/await behavior in PHP, you have https://amphp.org/amp/.
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Monthly "Post your Project" thread
We're working on Amp v3 making heavy use of fibers as shipped in PHP 8.1. We're releasing beta versions for each library currently, and we'd like to share our new amphp/pipeline library. If you're waiting for concurrent I/O without boilerplate, you can start testing now. We're happy about feedback on the new major releases!
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PHP 8.1.0 Release Announcement
like the sibling comment said, web apps are written in Symfony/Laravel, but the framework abstractions with web apps might not paint you a clear picture of how the core language has improved. it will give you a good idea what it's like to build applications.
my favorite part of modern PHP is how nice writing libraries is. so it might not be what you're looking for, but I remember being pretty impressed with the code quality of the Amp PHP library recently. the v3 branch is 8.x only and (I believe) is targeting the Fibers feature just introduced in 8.1
https://github.com/amphp/amp/tree/v3
What are some alternatives?
coroutine - Cooperative multitasking using generators. The basics of coroutines, async and await!
React - Event-driven, non-blocking I/O with PHP.
Symfony - The Symfony PHP framework
Swoole - 🚀 Coroutine-based concurrency library for PHP
php-session - Standalone session implementation that does not rely on the PHP session module or the $_SESSION global, ideal for Swoole or ReactPHP applications
Workerman - An asynchronous event driven PHP socket framework. Supports HTTP, Websocket, SSL and other custom protocols.
Ratchet - Asynchronous WebSocket server
Elephant.io - Ça trompe énormément
Icicle - Icicle is a PHP library for writing asynchronous code using synchronous coding techniques
Hoa WebSocket - The Hoa\Websocket library.
http-client - An advanced async HTTP client library for PHP, enabling efficient, non-blocking, and concurrent requests and responses.
Recoil - Asynchronous coroutines for PHP 7.