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Subject: PHP 8 (or earlier) RFC Proposal
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Hi,

I would like to know your opinion on an RFC I'm thinking to propose.

I don't have the skills to code this into PHP Core so anyone who would like
to be involved is welcomed.

The RFC would refer to PHP's ability to use either SWAP memory and/or SWAP
Files.

There are some very interesting things that PHP knows how to do, related to
data-processing, filtering, regex and so on, but one of the main blockers
is the "memory limit".

There are servers or situation where memory can't be extended, but where
disk space is available and maybe even fast enough (SSD) to cover that gap.

At this moment PHP doesn't know how to use the SWAP memory from linux, and
there isn't any way to specify a file that could act as one, similar to an
internal PHP SWAP.

I would like to propose such a system for implementation in PHP 8 (or even
earlier if possible).

Waiting for you comments/feedback if I should make an RFC on this.

Thank you.

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