Mike Magruder
b24d2f2016
There was a similar-but-different event loop used when receiving command results from the server which was close, but not quite right. Unified it with the main event loop to ensure that all error cases are handled properly when we put up a prompt at a nested interrupt, like when hitting a breakpoint during an eval. The event loop is now shared, with a few different "kinds" to control some of the special needs of the loop when executed from a command. Most commands don't cause the server to run more PHP, so they don't change the machine state or cause more interrupts. But some do (Eval and Print) and certainly the top-level loop does, too. Made sure to throw a protocol error if any command causes this to happen when we don't expect it.
HipHop VM for PHP 
HipHop VM (HHVM) is a new open-source virtual machine designed for executing programs written in PHP. HHVM uses a just-in-time compilation approach to achieve superior performance while maintaining the flexibility that PHP developers are accustomed to. HipHop VM (and before it HPHPc) has realized > 5x increase in throughput for Facebook compared with Zend PHP 5.2.
HipHop is most commonly run as a standalone server, replacing both Apache and modphp.
Installing
You can install a prebuilt package or compile from source.
Running
You can run standalone programs just by passing them to hhvm: hhvm my_script.php.
HipHop bundles in a webserver. So if you want to run on port 80 in the current directory:
sudo hhvm -m server
For anything more complicated, you'll want to make a config.hdf and run sudo hhvm -m server -c config.hdf.
Contributing
We'd love to have your help in making HipHop better. If you run into problems, please open an issue, or better yet, fork us and send a pull request. Join us on #hhvm on freenode.
If you want to help but don't know where to start, try fixing some of the Zend tests that don't pass. You can run them with hphp/test/run. When they work, move them to zend/good and send a pull request.
Before changes can be accepted a Contributors Licensing Agreement (pdf - print, sign, scan, link) must be signed.
Licence
HipHop VM is licensed under the PHP and Zend licenses except as otherwise noted.