On 20.01.2023 at 13:39, Niklas Mollenhauer wrote: > I'm currently trying to process binary data. I basically need something like an ArrayBuffer in JavaScript [1] as well > as typed arrays [2] to read/write data and something like a DataView [3] with support for endianess conversion. > > […] > > Is there something to handle this in a performant manner? If not, this would also make a good candidate for a PHP > extension (or even a built-in extension). Mimicking the API of JS could be a viable option. There is some recent discussion on the internals mailing list about some improvements in this regard[1], and there is a draft RFC[2]. Maybe you're interested in this, in which case you should consider to join the discussion. Besides this, I'm not aware of any existing extensions which would help with your use-case. [1] <https://externals.io/message/119238> [2] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/working_with_substrings> -- Christoph M. Becker
