This article explains how replacing the traditional Apache/nginx stack with FrankenPHP’s worker mode can dramatically improve PHP application performance, outlines the drawbacks of the classic request cycle, and provides a step‑by‑step guide for migrating a Laravel project.
FrankenPHP, now officially supported by the PHP Foundation, replaces the traditional PHP‑FPM setup with a Go‑based Caddy server that embeds PHP, offering faster request handling, simplified deployment, worker mode, modern protocol support, and extensibility, while still being evaluated for robustness.
FrankenPHP, created by Kévin Dunglas and backed by Les‑Tilleuls.coop and the PHP Foundation, embeds the PHP interpreter into Go and Caddy to simplify deployment, boost performance, lower hosting costs, support real‑time features, and offer a worker mode that dramatically speeds up Laravel, Symfony and Yii applications.
