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		Darmody on Feb 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PHP – The Right Way `3. Executing code for a request is single-threaded. This is almost always what you want;` And now with fibers you can launch "threads", which are not threads but work like them.

zzt123 on Feb 7, 2022 [–]

Aren’t fibers designed from the perspective of usage in underlying libraries, rather than something for everyday end users in the fashion of async/await?

Darmody on Feb 8, 2022 | | [–]

Nothings forbids you to use them directly but yes.

sdze on Feb 7, 2022 | | [–]

Correct.

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