A PHP Compiler for the .NET Platform [Paperback]

Raphael Romeikat (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 5, 2007

Have you ever thought about programming a .NET applicaton with PHP? One that also includes a Graphical User Interface? Such a scenario has been unlikely so far, but this book turns the tide. It shows you how to translate PHP scripts into .NET assemblies and how to run them on Windows and other operating systems. Since PHP has become an exciting programming language, it is time for the . NET community to benefit from it. The focus of this book is not about programming web applications; it is about implementing the language PHP as for the .NET Platform and how to integrate it with other .NET languages. Thus, software engineers can use PHP as a fully-fledged programming language for developing standalone applications outside of web pages. For this purpose, a compiler is presented that translates PHP scripts into .NET bytecode called Common Intermediate Language (CIL). This book also introduces PHP and CIL in detail and provides a good insight into basics and concepts of compiler construction. Furthermore, it looks behind the scenes of the Microsoft .NET Framework and the Mono Project, which is a considerable open-source implementation of the .NET Platform.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K. (June 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3836414708
• ISBN-13: 978-3836414708
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,637,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth it, June 29, 2009

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Joaquin Jares (Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A PHP Compiler for the .NET Platform (Paperback)

There are so few books on the subject of compiling to .Net that this one is worth a read anyway. The book is based on the php4mono project ([..]). I really expected it to be about phalanger, which is the most established and complete port of PHP to the .Net runtime. The book is 145 pages total (not including an appendix with IL grammar which you can get anywhere and some indexes and stuff). The first 100 pages are spent explaining PHP, .Net architecture and CIL. The other 45 pages are spent explaining a very simple lexer/parser generated using C#Flex and C#Cup. Never heard of them? Don't worry, nobody has. The book comes as short and not very tasty. [...] is still the best around.