# pecl/raphf ## About: The "Resource and Persistent Handle Factory" extension provides facilities to manage those in a convenient manner. ## Installation: This extension is hosted at [PECL](http://pecl.php.net) and can be installed with [PEAR](http://pear.php.net)'s pecl command: # pecl install raphf Also, watch out for self-installing [pharext](https://github.com/m6w6/pharext) packages attached to [releases](https://github.com/m6w6/ext-raphf/releases). ## INI Directives: * raphf.persistent_handle.limit = -1 The per process/thread persistent handle limit. ## Internals: > ***NOTE:*** This extension mostly only provides infrastructure for other extensions. See the [API docs here](http://m6w6.github.io/ext-raphf/). ## Documentation: Userland documentation can be found at http://devel-m6w6.rhcloud.com/mdref/raphf