Phalanger is an open-source PHP implementation introducing thePHP language into the family of compiled .NET languages. It provides PHP applications an execution environment that is fast and extremely compatible with the vast array of existing PHP code. Phalanger gives web-application developers the ability to benefit from both the ease-of-use and effectiveness of the PHP language and the power and richness of the.NET 4.0 platform taking profit from the best from both sides.

Links & Articles

wiki.php-compiler.net - Phalanger Wiki, step-by-step guides and other useful information.
www.php-compiler.net - The project pages. Read latest news, articles and blogs.
phalanger.codeplex.com - Phalanger source control. Download and try latest releases.
twitter.com/phpcompiler - News stream. Keep updated about current status of the project.

Performance

With Phalanger you will get .NET environment for your PHP compatible projects and increased performance thanks to the code compilation. Phalanger analyses your code and warns you for possible run time errors, warnings and performance issues automatically.

Visual Studio 2010 integration

The installation package also includes basic version of Phalanger Tools for Visual Studio 2010. This allows you to easily create, build and debug Phalanger/PHP web or application inside this ultimate integrated development environment. You can even install the tools into the free Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated).

Using the Phalanger Tools for Visual Studio 2010, you will get PHP language support for Visual Studio with syntax highlighting and project system for both standard PHP web applications and other .NET projects using PHP language. These include standard web applications taking advantage of ASP.NET, console applications and other CLR projects built on PHP language, like WinForms or Class Libraries.

For more information please follow http://wiki.phpcompiler.net/Visual_Studio_Integration.