PHP TRUE ASYNC brings native asynchronous programming to PHP core.

• true-async branch — TrueAsync API + PHP core changes and related libraries
• true-async-api branch — TrueAsync API only

php-async — Extension implementing the TrueAsync API

php-true-async-rfc — RFC and documentation

1. Clone the PHP repository:

   for example, basic directory name is php-src:

   git clone https://github.com/true-async/php-src -b true-async-api ./php-src
   

2. Clone the True Async extension repository:

   to the ext directory of your PHP source:

   git clone https://github.com/true-async/php-async ./php-src/ext/async
   

3. Install PHP development tools:

   Make sure you have the necessary development tools installed. On Debian/Ubuntu, you can run:

   sudo apt-get install php-dev build-essential autoconf libtool pkg-config
   

   For macOS, you can use Homebrew:

   brew install autoconf automake libtool pkg-config
   

4. Install LibUV::

Please see the LibUV installation guide

5. Configure and build:

   ./buildconf
   ./configure --enable-async
   make && sudo make install
   

   We can use --enable-debug to enable debug mode, which is useful for development.

1. Install php-sdk:
   Download and set up php-sdk for building PHP extensions on Windows.

2. Install and build LibUV:
   You can use vcpkg or build libuv from source.

3. Copy LibUV files to PHP SDK directories:

   1. Copy everything from 'libuv\include' to '%PHP_SDK_PATH%\deps\include\libuv\'
   2. Copy 'libuv.lib' to '%PHP_SDK_PATH%\deps\lib\'
   

   %PHP_SDK_PATH% is your php-sdk installation root.

4. Configure and build the extension with PHP:

   cd \path\to\php-src
   buildconf
   configure --enable-async
   nmake
   

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