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And before that we had PHP apps and VB apps, etc. Most code didn't have tests, most code wasn't version controlled. Functionality was much more limited, lots more stuff wasn't a…
by oblio · Sep 20, 2026
Whether the opcache is enabled or not, the vast majority of production PHP code is I/O bound - workers wait for the network or filesystem or database. Roadrunner, FrankenPH…
by EGreg · Sep 20, 2026
I honestly consider it lazy pattern-matching commenting slop if people don’t look at the actual software being described, don’t run it, don’t even open the sections of the webpa…
by EGreg · Sep 20, 2026
Most PHP requires additional webservers, such as nginx, and process managers like php-fpm, to even serve websites. This is an all-in one server. It even handles websockets with…
by EGreg · Sep 20, 2026
And this one has a working webserver you can run in one command, a graphical user interface and real-time dashboard, tests to prove the claims, and example apps to make it easy…
by EGreg · Sep 20, 2026
The goal is to optimize everything other than the database. The vast majority of PHP apps are I/O bound and this webserver lets you handle 100x as many users as php-fpm. Th…
by EGreg · Sep 20, 2026
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PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development. It was created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993 and released in 1995. The PHP reference implementation is now produced by the PHP Group. PHP was originally an abbreviation of Personal Home Page, but it now stands for the recursive backronym PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Read more on Wikipedia