Quercus: Bring Java's Power to Your PHP Development

September 2, 2010

Imagine the possibilities when a PHP developer can continue using the language's templating capabilities while leveraging Hibernate's object-relational features. Thanks to an open source project named Quercus, PHP and Java developers alike can mix and match the respective capabilities of both languages.

Quercus is a Java-based implementation of the PHP language, which allows PHP developers to continue using the familiar PHP syntax of the native C-based version just as they always have while plugging into any of the hundreds of Java-based enterprise technologies such as Hibernate and Spring. This approach (part of the movement that software architect Neal Ford famously defined as "polyglot programming") opens up a whole new world of opportunities for developers seeking to squeeze every last ounce of performance and capability from their application platforms....

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Source: developer.com