<s>
Phalanger	B-Language
is	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
front	O
end	O
for	O
compiling	B-Language
PHP	B-Application
source	O
code	O
into	O
CIL	O
byte-code	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
further	O
processed	O
by	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
's	O
just-in-time	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalanger	B-Language
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
modern	O
PeachPie	B-Language
compiler	I-Language
,	O
which	O
utilizes	O
the	O
Roslyn	B-Application
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalanger	B-Language
can	O
run	O
real-world	O
PHP	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
many	O
with	O
minor	O
to	O
no	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
phpMyAdmin	B-Application
and	O
phpBB	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
to	O
improve	O
performance	O
of	O
PHP	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
web	O
page	O
claims	O
considerable	O
performance	O
benefits	O
over	O
a	O
32-bit	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
project	O
at	O
Charles	O
University	O
to	O
re-implement	O
the	O
Phalanger	B-Language
core	O
using	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Dynamic	B-Application
Language	I-Application
Runtime	I-Application
(	O
DLR	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
integration	O
tool	O
to	O
provide	O
IntelliSense	B-Application
for	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
some	O
features	O
from	O
DLR	O
would	O
slow	O
down	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
Phalanger	B-Language
,	O
they	O
do	O
claim	O
performance	O
gains	O
by	O
a	O
factor	O
of	O
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
features	O
are	O
being	O
integrated	O
into	O
current	O
Phalanger	B-Language
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
project	O
involving	O
Phalanger	B-Language
was	O
mentored	O
by	O
the	O
Mono	B-Application
team	O
during	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
program	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
period	O
Phalanger	B-Language
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Silverlight	O
2.0	O
framework	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
making	O
it	O
work	O
on	O
Moonlight	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
UK	O
Content	O
Management	O
vendor	O
Jadu	O
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
Prague-based	O
team	O
to	O
improve	O
communication	O
between	O
.NET	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Phalanger	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
duck	B-Application
typing	I-Application
and	O
provides	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
accessing	O
objects	O
from	O
the	O
dynamic	O
PHP	B-Application
world	O
that	O
lack	O
compile-time	O
type	O
information	O
from	O
a	O
statically	O
typed	O
language	O
in	O
a	O
.NET	B-Application
environment	O
in	O
a	O
type-safe	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Jadu	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
made	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
available	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
community	O
and	O
in	O
interviews	O
with	O
ITPRO	O
and	O
VNUnet	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
development	O
would	O
help	O
close	O
the	O
skills	O
gap	O
between	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DEVSENSE	O
consists	O
of	O
core	O
Phalanger	B-Language
developers	O
and	O
keeps	O
this	O
open-source	O
project	O
alive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
maintenance	O
and	O
growth	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
Devsense	O
is	O
providing	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
integration	O
of	O
Phalanger	B-Language
for	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2012	O
,	O
DEVSENSE	O
provides	O
support	O
forum	O
for	O
Phalanger	B-Language
(	O
compiler	B-Language
)	O
and	O
related	O
projects	O
for	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
PHP	B-Application
version	O
supported	O
by	O
Phalanger	B-Language
is	O
5.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GitHub	B-Application
project	O
is	O
marked	O
"	O
Deprecated	O
"	O
and	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
2019	O
)	O
it	O
has	O
n't	O
been	O
updated	O
for	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GitHub	B-Application
page	O
also	O
announces	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
,	O
PeachPie	B-Language
compiler	I-Language
as	O
its	O
successor	O
for	O
PHP	B-Application
7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PeachPie	B-Language
can	O
compile	B-Language
code	O
using	O
PHP	B-Application
5.4	O
syntax	O
or	O
newer	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
officially	O
supported	O
by	O
.NET	B-Application
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
