SHOULD DOCUMENT: UNIX SOCKETS ARE NOW SUPPORTED IN WINDOWS VIA ipc:// WITHOUT CHANGE TO PHP-ZMQ

[ClosetGeek-Git]

AF_UNIX comes to Windows
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/af_unix-comes-to-windows/

libzmq quietly added support in 4.3.3, php-zmq seemingly supports without change

Windows 11, PHP 8.4 AMD Ryzen 5 16 gb ddr3 ram. Push and Pull approx. 10,000 messages per second. Requires Windows 10

server.php

<?php

$server = new ZMQSocket(new ZMQContext(), ZMQ::SOCKET_PULL);
$server->bind("ipc://test.ipc");

$looped = 0;
/* Loop receiving and echoing back */
while ($message = $server->recv()) {
    echo $looped++."\r";
}

client.php

<?php

$client = new ZMQSocket(new ZMQContext(), ZMQ::SOCKET_PUSH);
$client ->connect("ipc://test.ipc");

while (1) {
    $client ->send("test");
}