What is this?
Phalcon is an open-source web framework for PHP that is delivered as a C extension instead of plain PHP files, giving it high performance and low resource consumption.
Phalcon is an open-source web framework for PHP that is delivered as a C extension instead of plain PHP files, giving it high performance and low resource consumption.Is it a regular PHP library or something more unusual?It is a C extension that you compile and load into the PHP interpreter (written in Zephir/C), not a Composer-only PHP package, which is what gives it its speed advantage.
It is a C extension that you compile and load into the PHP interpreter (written in Zephir/C), not a Composer-only PHP package, which is what gives it its speed advantage.What do I need on my system before installing it?You need a compatible PHP install (and a C build toolchain if compiling from source) on Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, or macOS.
You need a compatible PHP install (and a C build toolchain if compiling from source) on Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, or macOS.Any install pitfalls I should know about?PECL installation is deprecated, so new users should switch to installing via PIE instead, since PECL support will only continue until its end of life.
PECL installation is deprecated, so new users should switch to installing via PIE instead, since PECL support will only continue until its end of life.Which operating systems does it actually run on?Phalcon ships binaries and builds for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS.
Phalcon ships binaries and builds for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS.Can I extend Phalcon with plugins written in plain PHP?Yes, there is a community-driven Incubator repository with plugins and classes written in PHP that extend the C-extension framework.
Yes, there is a community-driven Incubator repository with plugins and classes written in PHP that extend the C-extension framework.How is API documentation generated for the docs site?Running the bin/generate-api-docs.php script against a checked-out tag produces Markdown files that are then published to the Phalcon website repo.
Running the bin/generate-api-docs.php script against a checked-out tag produces Markdown files that are then published to the Phalcon website repo.Which topics is it in?speed, extension, plugins, web-framework, high-performance, php, bsd, hacktoberfest, backend, performance, framework, self-hosted
speed, extension, plugins, web-framework, high-performance, php, bsd, hacktoberfest, backend, performance, framework, self-hosted