Bytecode Compilation

zphp build compiles a PHP file to bytecode ahead of time. The output is a .zphpc file that can be executed directly, skipping the parsing and compilation step at runtime.

Usage

$ zphp build app.php

This produces app.zphpc in the same directory. Run it with:

$ zphp run app.zphpc

When to use this

For most use cases, zphp run and zphp serve handle compilation transparently and you don't need to think about it. zphp serve compiles your entry point once at startup and reuses the bytecode across all workers and requests.

Pre-compiling to .zphpc is useful when you want to:

• Ship bytecode without source files
• Eliminate any startup compilation overhead in scripting contexts
• Verify that a file compiles successfully without running it

See also

For shipping your PHP application as a single self-contained binary, see Standalone Executables.