Compatibility

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Phalanger is compatible with full range of PHP applications. Since every version of PHP is specific in some way and PHP applications are using these differences; Phalanger is being tested with latest versions of many opensource and commercial PHP applications to achieve better compatibility and fix application-specific issues.

Because Phalanger compiles the whole source code of PHP application, it usually finds a few hidden syntactic or semantic errors. These must be fixed first.

For more examples of single Phalanger usages and its possibilities, please see Code samples.

PHP features in progress

Following table lists known PHP features that are currently not fully supported on Phalanger.

Feature	Development state
SPL	In development
PHP Reflection	In development
PDO	In development
PHP 5.3 Late static binding	Supported
PHP 5.3 Closures & Anonymous functions	Supported
PHP 5.3 indirect class usage	Supported
PHP 5.4 Closures rebinding	Unsupported
PHP 5.4 new callbacks option	Supported
PHP 5.4 Traits	In parser, cannot be compiled yet
PHP 5.4 improved Array syntax	Supported
Tokenizer	Supported (ID of tokens does not match yet)
PHP Namespaces	Supported
PHP Sessions	Supported, limited in ASP.NET (default) mode

Extensions

Phalanger supports both, native PHP4 extensions and their updated managed reimplementation into .NET. Managed extensions are always preferred, since they allow to run 64bit, they are faster and safe.

Missing managed extensions can be implemented, if it is required. Proprietary extensions are available as a part of support plans.

Note native extensions don't run on Mono/Linux, since they are compiled for Win32 platform. The only way is to use managed extensions here.

Extension	Bundled as native	Managed reimpementation
bcmath	yes	no
big_int	yes	no
bz2	yes	no
calendar	yes	no
com	yes	no
Core	no	yes
cpdf	yes	no
crack	yes	no
ctype	no	yes
curl	yes	yes http/https
date	no	yes
db	yes	no
dba	yes	no
dbase	yes	no
dbx	yes	no
dom	no	yes
domxml	yes	yes
ereg	no	yes
exif	yes	yes
fileinfo (PHP5)	yes	no
filepro	yes	no
filter	no	yes
ftp	yes	no
gd2	yes	yes
gettext	yes	in progress
hash	no	yes
hyperwave	yes	no
iconv	yes	yes
image	yes	yes
imap	yes	no
interbase	yes	no
java	yes	no
json	no	yes
ldap	yes	no
libxml	no	yes
mbstring	yes	in progress
mcrypt	yes	no
memcached	no	yes, proprietary
mhash	yes	no
mime_magic.dl	yes	no
ming	yes	no
msql	yes	no
mssql	yes	yes
mysql	yes	yes
odbc	yes	no
openssl	yes	no
pcre	no	yes
pdf	yes	no
pgsql	yes	no
PDO	no	yes (in progress)
printer	yes	no
Reflection	no	yes (in progress)
shmop	yes	no
snmp	yes	no
session	no	yes
sockets	yes	no
SOAP	no	yes SoapClient
SPL	no	yes
SimpleXML	no	yes
standard	no	yes
tokenizer	no	yes
xml	yes	yes
xmlrpc	yes	no
xsl	no	yes
xslt	yes	no
yaz	yes	no
zip	yes	yes
zlib	yes	yes