Running php-wasm synchronously

[StyleShit]

Hey,

I'm developing a tool in TS that needs to run PHP code synchronously.
Is there a way to call php-wasm synchronously in Node environment?

I know it's not the best idea and that it might block the main thread, but the system I'm running in requires me to run the code synchronously.

Thanks! 🙏

[adamziel]

@StyleShit Not at the moment. PHP may make a network call or spawn a new process via popen() which, in JS, is an async operation. php.run() actually used to be synchronous before adding support for network and subprocesses. Technically, it is possible to expose a synchronous code execution handler with a limited set of features – we just don't have one today.

What's the environment you work in?

[StyleShit]

I'm working on an ESLint plugin for PHP, which requires a sync parser

The parser I'm currently using has many issues, so I wanted to try nikic/PHP-Parser instead

A limited version of php wasm could be a great fit for this case!