Feature: True native async/coroutine implementations

[jobs-git]

Description

It was demonstrated that PHP-based framework can beat many frameworks with async, see here:

https://www.http-arena.com/leaderboard/#v=composite&res=mem

It should be noted in the past, during techempower benchmark, actix is among the top contenders in web performance, but in httparena, php async framework scored higher with async/coroutine. While php is not entirely a framework, native async/coroutine is a promising potential

RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/true_async
Source: https://github.com/true-async/php-src/tree/true-async-stable

True Async Author: @EdmondDantes

Misconceptions

• Myth 1

  Myth: Native async will mess up ALL of existing synchronous PHP code and projects globally!

  Truth: Actually no, you have to explicitly define a function/class/namespace to have an async property, otherwise all synchronous codes and projects will happily run as usual as if there is no native async.

• Myth 2

  Myth: Great, now I have to think async when coding new project

  Truth: Actually no, just DON'T define your functions/class/namespace as async then you will be happy with your old php self

[wilaak]

Any talented low level computer guys who want to dive balls deep into the Zend engine to incorporate and maintain this forever? Preferably without too much pay? With at least 20 years of professional experience? Oh and also must have watched every single Wookash Podcast episode?

[EdmondDantes]

Hi everyone!

I'd like to make a few comments regarding performance.

The benchmarks you're seeing are synthetic. In other words, they measure how optimized the server implementation itself is. For real-world scenarios, you can look at the Symfony benchmark, where the gains are much smaller. And It's OK.

Yes, the server's own C code consumes only about 3–5% of the resources, which is certainly very nice.
Do coroutines provide a performance boost? Oh yes, absolutely. But that was already well known. The higher the latency, the greater the benefit.

Full docs: https://true-async.github.io/en/docs.html