zphp

zphp is a PHP runtime written in Zig. It can run PHP scripts, serve HTTP, manage packages, run tests, and format code.

$ zphp serve app.php --port 8080
listening on http://0.0.0.0:8080 (14 workers)

What's in the box

Command	What it does
`zphp run <file>`	Execute a PHP script
`zphp serve <file>`	Production HTTP server with TLS, HTTP/2, WebSocket, gzip
`zphp test [file]`	Test runner with built-in assertions
`zphp fmt <file>...`	Code formatter
`zphp build <file>`	Compile to bytecode
`zphp build --compile <file>`	Compile to a standalone executable
`zphp install`	Install packages from composer.json
`zphp add <pkg>`	Add a package

How it relates to PHP

zphp runs standard PHP code. Existing .php files, classes, closures, generators, and standard library functions all work. The compatibility section covers what's supported in detail.

The difference is in the tooling around it. Instead of assembling nginx, php-fpm, composer, phpunit, and php-cs-fixer separately, zphp bundles all of that into one binary.