PHP using c++ extension will be faster?

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I'm now building a recommender system(a web site). I want to use the PHP as the script language. The recommender system may do complex matrix computing or something else. Considering the performance,I want to use C++ to do matrix computing or other complex computing. So I need the PHP call C++ function, get the result and do other processing. I know I can use the PHP extension to call C++. My question is do I need to use C++ or just use PHP to do the complex computing? Is using c++ extension faster than pure PHP?

Using C++ for advanced computation is often faster. – Michael J.V. May 13 '11 at 13:45 — Michael J.V., May 13 '11 at 13:45
Not sure why this was voted off topic??? – John Carter May 13 '11 at 13:47 — John Carter, May 13 '11 at 13:47

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Yes, using a C++ extension for complex calculations will give you a significant speedup over PHP.

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