# FrankenPHP: Modern App Server for PHP

<h1 align="center"><a href="https://frankenphp.dev"><img src="frankenphp.png" alt="FrankenPHP" width="600"></a></h1>

FrankenPHP is a modern application server for PHP built on top of the [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) web server.

FrankenPHP gives superpowers to your PHP apps thanks to its stunning features: [_Early Hints_](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/early-hints/), [worker mode](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/worker/), [real-time capabilities](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/mercure/), 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_](https://frankenphp.dev) and in this slide deck:

<a href="https://dunglas.dev/2022/10/frankenphp-the-modern-php-app-server-written-in-go/"><img src="https://dunglas.dev/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/frankenphp.png" alt="Slides" width="600"></a>

## Getting Started

On Windows, use [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/wsl/) to run FrankenPHP.

### Install Script

You can copy this line into your terminal to automatically
install an appropriate version for your platform:

```console
curl https://frankenphp.dev/install.sh | sh
```

### Standalone Binary

We provide static FrankenPHP binaries for development purposes on Linux and macOS
containing [PHP 8.4](https://www.php.net/releases/8.4/en.php) and most popular PHP extensions.

[Download FrankenPHP](https://github.com/php/frankenphp/releases)

**Installing extensions:** Most common extensions are bundled. It's not possible to install more extensions.

### rpm Packages

Our maintainers offer rpm packages for all systems using `dnf`. To install, run:

```console
sudo dnf install https://rpm.henderkes.com/static-php-1-0.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf module enable php-zts:static-8.4 # 8.2-8.5 available
sudo dnf install frankenphp
```

**Installing extensions:** `sudo dnf install php-zts-<extension>`

For extensions not available by default, use [PIE](https://github.com/php/pie):

```console
sudo dnf install pie-zts
sudo pie-zts install asgrim/example-pie-extension
```

### deb Packages

Our maintainers offer deb packages for all systems using `apt`. To install, run:

```console
sudo curl -fsSL https://key.henderkes.com/static-php.gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/static-php.gpg && \
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/static-php.gpg] https://deb.henderkes.com/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/static-php.list && \
sudo apt update
sudo apt install frankenphp
```

**Installing extensions:** `sudo apt install php-zts-<extension>`

For extensions not available by default, use [PIE](https://github.com/php/pie):

```console
sudo apt install pie-zts
sudo pie-zts install asgrim/example-pie-extension
```

### Homebrew

FrankenPHP is also available as a [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) package for macOS and Linux.

```console
brew install dunglas/frankenphp/frankenphp
```

**Installing extensions:** Use [PIE](https://github.com/php/pie).

### Usage

To serve the content of the current directory, run:

```console
frankenphp php-server
```

You can also run command-line scripts with:

```console
frankenphp php-cli /path/to/your/script.php
```

For the deb and rpm packages, you can also start the systemd service:

```console
sudo systemctl start frankenphp
```

### Docker

Alternatively, [Docker images](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/docker/) are available:

```console
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`. Use `https://localhost` and accept the self-signed certificate.
> Use the [`SERVER_NAME` environment variable](docs/config.md#environment-variables) to change the domain to use.

## Docs

- [Classic mode](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/classic/)
- [Worker mode](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/worker/)
- [Early Hints support (103 HTTP status code)](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/early-hints/)
- [Real-time](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/mercure/)
- [Efficiently Serving Large Static Files](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/x-sendfile/)
- [Configuration](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/config/)
- [Writing PHP Extensions in Go](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/extensions/)
- [Docker images](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/docker/)
- [Deploy in production](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/production/)
- [Performance optimization](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/performance/)
- [Create **standalone**, self-executable PHP apps](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/embed/)
- [Create static binaries](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/static/)
- [Compile from sources](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/compile/)
- [Monitoring FrankenPHP](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/metrics/)
- [Laravel integration](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/laravel/)
- [Known issues](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/known-issues/)
- [Demo app (Symfony) and benchmarks](https://github.com/dunglas/frankenphp-demo)
- [Go library documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/dunglas/frankenphp)
- [Contributing and debugging](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/contributing/)

## Examples and Skeletons

- [Symfony](https://github.com/dunglas/symfony-docker)
- [API Platform](https://api-platform.com/docs/symfony)
- [Laravel](https://frankenphp.dev/docs/laravel/)
- [Sulu](https://sulu.io/blog/running-sulu-with-frankenphp)
- [WordPress](https://github.com/StephenMiracle/frankenwp)
- [Drupal](https://github.com/dunglas/frankenphp-drupal)
- [Joomla](https://github.com/alexandreelise/frankenphp-joomla)
- [TYPO3](https://github.com/ochorocho/franken-typo3)
- [Magento2](https://github.com/ekino/frankenphp-magento2)
