* Decouple workers. * Moves code to separate file. * Cleans up the exponential backoff. * Initial working implementation. * Refactors php threads to take callbacks. * Cleanup. * Cleanup. * Cleanup. * Cleanup. * Adjusts watcher logic. * Adjusts the watcher logic. * Fix opcache_reset race condition. * Fixing merge conflicts and formatting. * Prevents overlapping of TSRM reservation and script execution. * Adjustments as suggested by @dunglas. * Adds error assertions. * Adds comments. * Removes logs and explicitly compares to C.false. * Resets check. * Adds cast for safety. * Fixes waitgroup overflow. * Resolves waitgroup race condition on startup. * Moves worker request logic to worker.go. * Removes defer. * Removes call from go to c. * Fixes merge conflict. * Adds fibers test back in. * Refactors new thread loop approach. * Removes redundant check. * Adds compareAndSwap. * Refactor: removes global waitgroups and uses a 'thread state' abstraction instead. * Removes unnecessary method. * Updates comment. * Removes unnecessary booleans. * test * First state machine steps. * Splits threads. * Minimal working implementation with broken tests. * Fixes tests. * Refactoring. * Fixes merge conflicts. * Formatting * C formatting. * More cleanup. * Allows for clean state transitions. * Adds state tests. * Adds support for thread transitioning. * Fixes the testdata path. * Formatting. * Allows transitioning back to inactive state. * Fixes go linting. * Formatting. * Removes duplication. * Applies suggestions by @dunglas * Removes redundant check. * Locks the handler on restart. * Removes unnecessary log. * Changes Unpin() logic as suggested by @withinboredom * Adds suggestions by @dunglas and resolves TODO. * Makes restarts fully safe. * Will make the initial startup fail even if the watcher is enabled (as is currently the case) * Also adds compareAndSwap to the test. * Adds comment. * Prevents panic on initial watcher startup.
FrankenPHP: Modern App Server for PHP
FrankenPHP is a modern application server for PHP built on top of the Caddy web server.
FrankenPHP gives superpowers to your PHP apps thanks to its stunning features: Early Hints, worker mode, real-time capabilities, automatic HTTPS, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 support...
FrankenPHP works with any PHP app and makes your Laravel and Symfony projects faster than ever thanks to their official integrations with the worker mode.
FrankenPHP can also be used as a standalone Go library to embed PHP in any app using net/http.
Learn more on frankenphp.dev and in this slide deck:
Getting Started
Docker
docker run -v .:/app/public \
-p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 443:443/udp \
dunglas/frankenphp
Go to https://localhost, and enjoy!
Tip
Do not attempt to use
https://127.0.0.1. Usehttps://localhostand accept the self-signed certificate. Use theSERVER_NAMEenvironment variable to change the domain to use.
Standalone Binary
If you prefer not to use Docker, we provide standalone FrankenPHP binaries for Linux and macOS containing PHP 8.4 and most popular PHP extensions.
On Windows, use WSL to run FrankenPHP.
Download FrankenPHP or copy this line into your terminal to automatically install the version appropriate for your platform:
curl https://frankenphp.dev/install.sh | sh
mv frankenphp /usr/local/bin/
To serve the content of the current directory, run:
frankenphp php-server
You can also run command-line scripts with:
frankenphp php-cli /path/to/your/script.php
Docs
- The worker mode
- Early Hints support (103 HTTP status code)
- Real-time
- Configuration
- Docker images
- Deploy in production
- Performance optimization
- Create standalone, self-executable PHP apps
- Create static binaries
- Compile from sources
- Laravel integration
- Known issues
- Demo app (Symfony) and benchmarks
- Go library documentation
- Contributing and debugging

