PHC seems to have many issues.... would real world money solve them?

[pbiggar]

This is not a defect report - just a question.

PHC seems to be a great tool, however there are some problems with PHP 5.3.3. As PHC
is a way to protect PHP code of comercial applications, the ones protecting their software
may be willing to financially support the PHC development.

I personally would be happy to contribute, but I am not a C programmer (and most probably
a horrible PHP programmer), hence the question about money.

I suggest that the PHC team thinks about that and states an amount they feel appropriate.

As my company is a "one man show" I will not have the resources, others reading this
and using PHC might add their willingness to financially participate by adding a comment.

Again: Many thanks to the PHC team for doing this work - even if the merit/hype for
PHP compilers goes to the HipHop stuff 

(I this is completely against the ideas of the PHC team - please delete this entry!)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ulrich.j.meier on 2011-08-11 08:14:37

[pbiggar]

The problem isn't that we don't have time, it's that no-one has indicated a desire to
work on phc full time, including me. So I don't think money would be that useful. But
thank you for the thought :)

If there is anyone who would work on phc full-time, or on a contract basis, I'd be
happy to advertise their services on the website. But I wouldn't hold out hope.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by paul.biggar on 2011-08-12 17:59:31

[pbiggar]

@Ulrich
I agree with you. In the past few days I tried some phpcompilers (roadsend, hiphop).
But PHC seems to have the most promising concept:
 + easier to compile in comparison to roadsend and hiphop
 + only a few prerequisites
 + creates c code

@Paul
Do I understand you right that you won't be willing to add a requested feature even
if somebody wants to pay you for that?
I'm asking especially you because I haven't seen another (in)active developer answering
to tickets.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by oliver.metz on 2011-08-26 12:18:50

[pbiggar]

There is at least one other developer (Andrei) who know the code base enough to add
features, and it wouldn't be too difficult for new developers to learn either - its
quite a nice code base. But, yes, I don't plan to work on phc for pay.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by paul.biggar on 2011-08-26 15:15:00

[pbiggar]

Indeed Paul, phc is an outstanding project with a nice code base. The project has its
problems, but that's because working with php is not easy. This compiler objective
is much more broader than any other compiler around. I love to work with phc, but I
must confess that I'm not getting the time to work on it anymore. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by logytech on 2011-08-26 16:26:37

[pbiggar]

Imho moving phc to GitHub would really help potential contributors to share bugfixes.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sjaillet on 2012-02-09 11:57:01

[pbiggar]

I moved phc to github a while back:

http://www.phpcompiler.org/lists/phc-internals/2011-December/006014.html

However, it's missing some pulls, and the website needs to be updated. Volunteers welcome
to submit pull requests.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by paul.biggar on 2012-02-09 20:10:10