binary code of php (compiling php)

Question

As you know php code doesn't compile to run,they are only script. but I heard somewhere if I compile it and make it as binary code,it can be so faster and reduce pressure on server. I Google a lot to do it,but I can't find a way to do it. how can I do it?

Answer 1

PHP compiles scripts into bytecodes, which can be cached, greatly speeding performance. Check out APC.

Here's a list of other accelerators:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PHP_accelerators

If you're looking to compile to native code, you can check out solutions like HipHop, which transforms PHP source into C++ and then compiles it with g++.