Programmers: have you tried out Facebook's PHP-to-C compiler? - GoFuckYourself.com

Davy · 12-05-2010, 01:31 PM

A small group of developers at facebook has programmed a compiler that converts php code into C programs. They named it "Hip Hop" (

) and say it reduces the CPU load by 50%.

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HipHop is a source code transformer which transforms PHP source code into highly optimized C++ and then compiles it using g++.

https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php

Anybody tried it out? Sounds very interesting!

k0nr4d · 12-05-2010, 01:34 PM

This really wouldn't help the vast majority of php scripts. It's usually unoptimized mysql queries and over-use that causes load problems, not php. The actual PHP on most scripts has negligable impact on cpu usage...

Klen · 12-05-2010, 04:19 PM

Interesting,this could be used as method of code encoding,since executable code cannot be decoded.

Serge Litehead · 12-05-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Interesting,this could be used as method of code encoding,since executable code cannot be decoded.

do you believe C++ cannot be decompiled?

Klen · 12-05-2010, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by holograph

do you believe C++ cannot be decompiled?

Yes,if it compile it into same machine code like ordinary program.

Zyber · 12-06-2010, 12:11 AM

Interesting :-)

input · 12-06-2010, 12:27 AM

That looks really interesting - to be able to run a script as a server daemon certainly has its advantages. Going to check it out on a single index.php file where the index.php is the framework launching block to see if I can get a whole app to run as a daemon.

Zyber · 12-06-2010, 12:33 AM

Good that the source code is also available for inspection.
Better take a look to see if it contains any nasty spying functions. Running an executable from Facebook directly on your server requires some trust. Do you trust Facebook?

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12-05-2010, 04:19 PM	#3
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	Interesting,this could be used as method of code encoding,since executable code cannot be decoded.

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Zyber Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 832	Interesting :-)

12-06-2010, 12:27 AM	#7
input Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 41	That looks really interesting - to be able to run a script as a server daemon certainly has its advantages. Going to check it out on a single index.php file where the index.php is the framework launching block to see if I can get a whole app to run as a daemon.

12-06-2010, 12:33 AM	#8
Zyber Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 832	Good that the source code is also available for inspection. Better take a look to see if it contains any nasty spying functions. Running an executable from Facebook directly on your server requires some trust. Do you trust Facebook?