PHPSci CArray Extension

PHPSci CArray is a high-performance scientific computing library for PHP developed in C and based on the original NumPy code. CArrays offer a solid alternative to PHP arrays as well as compatibility with codes developed using NumPy.

• High Performance Indexing and Data Access
• Low memory footprint compared to PHP Arrays
• Efficient shape, initializers, linear algebra and mathematical methods.
• Out of the box GPU integration (Cuda)

Installing

It’s really easy to compile this extension using Linux environments.

Requirements

• php-devel (php-dev)
• PHP 7.2
• OpenBLAS

Optional

• cuBLAS (For GPU Integration)

Ubuntu 20.04

$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libopenblas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapacke-dev php7.4-dev
$ phpize
$ ./configure
$ make test
$ sudo make install
$ echo 'extension=carray' | sudo tee /etc/php/7.4/cli/conf.d/20-carray.ini
$ echo 'extension=carray' | sudo tee /etc/php/7.4/fpm/conf.d/20-carray.ini
$ echo 'extension=carray' | sudo tee /etc/php/7.4/cgi/conf.d/20-carray.ini
$ echo 'extension=carray' | sudo tee /etc/php/7.4/apache2/conf.d/20-carray.ini

Ubuntu 16.04

$ add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install libblas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapacke-dev php7.2-dev
$ phpize
$ ./configure
$ make test
$ make install

Ubuntu 14.04

$ add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install libopenblas-dev liblapacke-dev php7.2-dev
$ phpize
$ ./configure
$ make test
$ make install

Don’t forget to check if the extension is enabled in your php.ini file.

Apache/NGINX Users: Don’t forget to restart your services.