The Rise of Hybrid PHP: Blending PHP with Go and Rust
11 days ago
- #PHP
- #Performance Optimization
- #Hybrid Development
- Hybrid PHP approach blends PHP with Go and Rust for performance optimization.
- Originally used a DDD monolith (PHP) with Go microservices for high-throughput requests.
- Pareto principle applies: 80% traffic targets 20% APIs, requiring performance optimization.
- New PHP capabilities allow performance improvements without leaving the monolith.
- FFI (Foreign Function Interface) enables calling C code directly from PHP.
- Rust-based PHP extensions offer memory safety and speed for performance-critical parts.
- Go-based extensions with FrankenPHP provide high performance (4x faster in benchmarks).
- Rewriting entire backend in Go/Rust is costly and risky; hybrid approach is more efficient.
- PHP remains productive and developer-friendly for most application parts.
- Hybrid PHP combines PHP's productivity with Go/Rust's performance for critical sections.