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Subject: [PHP-DEV] PHP True Async RFC Stage 4
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From: edmond.ht@gmail.com (Edmond Dantes)

Good day, everyone. I hope you're doing well.

I=E2=80=99m happy to present the fourth version of the RFC. It wasn=E2=80=
=99t just me
who worked on it =E2=80=94 members of the PHP community contributed as well=
.
Many thanks to everyone for your input!

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/true_async

**What has changed in this version?**

The RFC has been significantly simplified:

1. Components (such as TaskGroup) that can be discussed in separate
RFCs have been removed from the current one.
2. Coroutines can now be created anywhere =E2=80=94 even inside shutdown_fu=
nction.
3. Added Memory Management and Garbage Collection section

Although work on the previous API RFC was interrupted and we weren=E2=80=99=
t
able to include it in PHP 8.5, it still provided valuable feedback on
the Async API code.

During this time, I managed to refactor and optimize the TrueAsync
code, which showed promising performance results in I/O scenarios.

A test integration between **NGINX UNIT** and the **TrueAsync API**
was implemented to evaluate the possibility of using PHP as an
asynchronous backend for a web server:
https://github.com/EdmondDantes/nginx-unit/tree/true-async/src/true-async-p=
hp

During this time, the project has come very close to beta status.

Once again, I want to thank everyone who supported me during difficult
times, offered advice, and helped develop this project.

Given the maturity of both the code and the RFC, this time I hope to
proceed with a vote.

Wishing you all a great day, and thank you for your feedback!