PHP does I/O in a blocking way. 
Using these php functions in node will block the event loop, limiting the 
responsiveness and scalability of your app.

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On Saturday, 29 de December de 2012 at 06:35, JSON wrote:

> But I also agree that creating full routines using php within javascript 
> would be a pointless and even wasteful to a degree. The examples where meant 
> to illustrate capabilities, not to suggest how it should be used.
> 
> On Friday, December 28, 2012 10:13:01 PM UTC-8, mscdex wrote:
> > Seems to me that if you're going through all of this trouble just for 
> > "the familiarity of the PHP platform," then you should just use PHP in 
> > the first place because doing all this synchronous stuff pretty much 
> > makes this usage of node pointless. 
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