Build a High‑Performance Webman Project on ServBay in Minutes

Webman is a high‑performance PHP asynchronous web framework built on Workerman, designed for high‑concurrency web applications and APIs. Unlike traditional synchronous frameworks, it uses event‑driven, non‑blocking I/O, offering a simple API and extensible plugin system.

Installation on ServBay

ServBay already includes Composer, so no separate installation is needed. Create a project directory under /Applications/ServBay/www, then run:

composer create-project workerman/webman servbay-webman-app
cd servbay-webman-app

Install additional components required for database, pagination, events, and debugging:

composer require -W illuminate/database illuminate/redis illuminate/pagination illuminate/events symfony/var-dumper

Writing the Web Project Code

Configure Routes

Add the following to config/route.php to define basic routes for index, cache, Redis, MySQL, and PostgreSQL operations:

use Webman\Route;
use app\controller\IndexController;
use app\controller\CacheController;
use app\controller\DatabaseController;

Route::any('/', [IndexController::class, 'index']);
Route::any('/memcached', [CacheController::class, 'memcached']);
Route::any('/redis', [CacheController::class, 'redis']);
Route::any('/mysql-add', [DatabaseController::class, 'mysqlAdd']);
Route::any('/mysql', [DatabaseController::class, 'mysqlGet']);
Route::any('/pgsql-add', [DatabaseController::class, 'pgsqlAdd']);
Route::any('/pgsql', [DatabaseController::class, 'pgsqlGet']);

Create Controllers

In app/controller create three files.

IndexController.php :

namespace app\controller;

use support\Request;

class IndexController {
    public function index(Request $request) {
        return response('Hello ServBay!');
    }
}

CacheController.php (demonstrates Memcached and Redis):

namespace app\controller;

use support\Request;
use support\Response;
use Memcached;
use support\Redis;

class CacheController {
    public function memcached(Request $request): Response {
        $memcached = new Memcached();
        $memcached->addServer('127.0.0.1', 11211);
        $memcached->set('key', 'Hello Memcached!', 60);
        $value = $memcached->get('key');
        return response($value);
    }

    public function redis(Request $request): Response {
        Redis::set('key', 'Hello Redis!');
        $value = Redis::get('key');
        return response($value);
    }
}

DatabaseController.php (MySQL and PostgreSQL CRUD examples):

namespace app\controller;

use support\Request;
use support\Response;
use support\Db;

class DatabaseController {
    public function mysqlAdd(Request $request): Response {
        DB::connection('mysql')->table('users')->insert([
            'name' => 'Webman',
            'email' => '[email protected]',
        ]);
        return response('User added');
    }

    public function mysqlGet(Request $request): Response {
        $users = DB::connection('mysql')->table('users')->get();
        return response(json_encode($users));
    }

    public function pgsqlAdd(Request $request): Response {
        DB::connection('pgsql')->table('users')->insert([
            'name' => 'Webman',
            'email' => '[email protected]',
        ]);
        return response('User added');
    }

    public function pgsqlGet(Request $request): Response {
        $users = DB::connection('pgsql')->table('users')->get();
        return response(json_encode($users));
    }
}

Database Configuration

Edit config/database.php to set connection details for MySQL and PostgreSQL (host, port, database, username, password, charset, etc.).

Running the Project

Start the server from the project root: php start.php start Access the following URLs to verify functionality: http://localhost:8787 – displays

Hello ServBay!

http://localhost:8787/memcached

– displays

Hello Memcached!

http://localhost:8787/redis

– displays

Hello Redis!

http://localhost:8787/mysql-add

– adds a MySQL user and returns

User added

http://localhost:8787/mysql

– returns the MySQL users list http://localhost:8787/pgsql-add – adds a PostgreSQL user http://localhost:8787/pgsql – returns the PostgreSQL users list

Conclusion

Following these steps you can quickly create and run a Webman project on ServBay, leveraging its high performance and easy‑to‑use API to handle concurrent requests, integrate multiple databases, and build robust web services.