is PHP now a compiled or interpreted type? What to do with it

is PHP now a compiled or interpreted type????
Earlier used PHP, at that time PHP and ASP, is interpreted type, and then read that PHP4 later made a big change, introduced the Zend engine, using the "first compiled after execution", first compiled into the middle code, and then by the Zend Engine execution, which and. Net,java is similar? Is that the case?

is PHP now a compiled or interpreted type????

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Compile or explain,
You can think about it.
is the compiled part and the execution part detached?
Do you produce the compiled intermediate code?

By comparing these angles, you should get a conclusion.
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It's still an explanatory type. Zend is just a frame
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Explain the type of ... There's no need to discuss it.
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PHP has memcache or APC or eaccelerator this cache stuff.

After the use of a lot faster, and the compilation of the same.
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Production environment run PHP No, I'm not saying this cache, right??

If you develop debugging PHP is best not to install, because you change the permissions but do not change the PHP source code, there will be problems, do not see changes in permissions changes

At least that's what Linux is like, and win doesn't know.
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Explore

Reference:
Explain the type of ... There's no need to discuss it.

That "first compile, execute, first compile into the middle code, and then by the Zend Engine" how to explain

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I'm going to ask the owner to judge himself.

I think it's an explanation because I don't see an encoded file.

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