Is there a possibility of there ever being a PHP.NET?

Question

Sorry if this is a silly and/or stupid question but... Will there ever be, or would it even be possible to have a PHP.NET? Or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

Answer 1

Once this is in I don't see why not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Language_Runtime

Answer 2

The two are totally different, they are in competition with each other. Both will try to be good at their ends. So i dont think there is going to be anything as such in the future. However, you can use PHP inside of Visual Studio, there are plugins available for that.

Thanks

Answer 3

Well PHP is good as is already. Even if it does become PHP.NET I doubt it will be done by Microsoft.

Answer 4

Someone has actually already begun working on just such a thing

http://www.codeplex.com/Phalanger

http://www.php-compiler.net/doku.php

Answer 5

As an aside:

I don't believe .Net support for PHP would be a great idea.

I use PHP every day of my life. It's not because I like the language (it's a collection of mismatched functions with very little OO support), but rather because it's the best tool for the job.

PHP has a lightweight feel and one can do almost anything in a few easy lines. It's string handling is effortless, and support is ubiquitous. Array handling is great, too.

I feel that if PHP joined the .Net CLR I would not be tempted to switch over to use it. If one wanted to work with .Net one would do better to use a nicer, better structured language, such as C#.

Answer 6

I would say that it is unlikely as that there is ASP.net, but I would not say never because of Python.NET or IronPython. There is already one attempt called Phalanger. From the looks of the official wiki, its a serious development effort.