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Pure PHP server, has 10x throughput of NGINX+FPM, now support socket.io
Copy-on-write forking after class load slashes PHP memory from 50MB to 5MB per worker.
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EGreg
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Pure-PHP Web Server. No NGinX or PHP-FPM needed. Handle 10x more traffic instead!
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Pure-PHP server outperforms NginX for static files + 10x PHP throughput
by EGreg·Jul 27, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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Forking workers after class loading slashes PHP memory usage from 50MB to 5MB per request.
Strengths
- •Copy-on-write forking shares framework code in memory, drastically reducing per-worker overhead.
- •Built-in WebSocket and room-based state management removes need for separate Node.js servers.
- •Component-level cache invalidation via X-Cache-Tree headers beats full-page purging strategies.
Weaknesses
- •Pure-PHP event loop may struggle with high-throughput static file serving compared to Nginx.
- •Adoption requires migrating existing Nginx/Apache configs to a new deployment model.
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Target Audience
PHP developers deploying high-traffic applications
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RoadRunner · Swoole · PHP-FPM
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