Did You Know Of These 7 Wacky Experimental PHP Projects?

PHP, the server side scripting language has been in the thick of things in the internet driven world of today. There are certain powerful features that this open source programming language has. So, with that in mind, we bring to you, 10 developer tools for those working with PHP. Here are seven wild projects based on PHP.

1.Phalanger

Full-featured PHP runtime and compiler for .NET/Mono frameworks. Phalanger is modern open-source implementation of PHP, compatible with the vast array of existing PHP code. In addition Phalanger gives PHP-application developers lot of new possibilities; from improving performance and using modern environments, to taking advantage of seamless unique .NET integration.

2.PHPLinq

Language Integrated Query is a Microsoft .NET Framework component that adds native data querying capabilities to .NET languages, although ports exist for Java, PHP, JavaScript and ActionScript. LINQ extends the language by the addition of query expressions, which are akin to SQL statements, and can be used to conveniently extract and process data from arrays, enumerable classes, XML documents, relational databases, and third-party data sources. PHPLinq is a class library that lets you query data structures like arrays, XML, and databases using PHP's method-chaining syntax.

3.PHP-GTK

PHP-GTK is an extension for the PHP programming language that implements language bindings for GTK+. It provides an object-oriented interface to GTK+ classes and functions and greatly simplifies writing client-side cross-platform GUI applications.

4.Quercus

Quercus is Caucho Technology's 100 per cent Java implementation of PHP 5 released under the Open Source GPL license. Quercus comes with many PHP modules and extensions like PDF, PDO, MySQL, and JSON. Quercus allows for tight integration of Java services with PHP scripts, so using PHP with JMS or Grails is a quick and painless endeavor. With Quercus, PHP applications automatically take advantage of Java application server features just as connection pooling and clustered sessions.

5.Php.js

php.js is a resource that offers community-built JavaScript alternatives to PHP functions. PHP is a language with many high-level functions and while they’re not always implemented as consistently as we’d like (mimicking their underlying C parts), they do get many programming jobs done without the need for additional libraries or abstraction.

6.Phergie

Phergie is an open source IRC bot written in PHP 5. It was originally written to replace the Ai bot in the #phpc PHP Community channel on the Freenode network. The intention behind its development was to provide a bot with an open modern codebase to which patrons of the channel could contribute.

7.Qwench

Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It's 100 per cent free, no registration required. Anant Garg's Qwench is a self-proclaimed PHP StackOverflow Clone. Although apparently functional, Anant has not worked on Qwench in recent months. The project is hosted on Github.