Caddy PHP

Install

Docker

The easiest way to get started is to use our Docker image:

docker build -t frankenphp .

Compile fron Sources

Install PHP

Most distributions doesn't provide packages containing ZTS builds of PHP. Because the Go HTTP server uses goroutines, a ZTS build is needed.

Start by downloading the latest version of PHP, then follow the instructions according to your operating system.

Linux

./configure --enable-embed --enable-zts
make
make install

Mac

brew install libiconv
./configure \
    --enable-zts \
    --enable-embed=dylib \
    --with-iconv=/opt/homebrew/opt/libiconv/ \
    --without-pcre-jit
make
make install

Then, you also need to build a Mac-compatible PHP shared library. As the standard PHP distribution doesn't provide one, you need to do a few extra steps:

Start by adding those lines at the end of the Makefile:

libs/libphp.dylib: $(PHP_GLOBAL_OBJS) $(PHP_SAPI_OBJS)
	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -dynamiclib $(LIBPHP_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_CLEAN) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -rpath $(phptempdir) $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(PHP_RPATHS) $(PHP_GLOBAL_OBJS) $(PHP_SAPI_OBJS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(ZEND_EXTRA_LIBS) -o $@
	-@$(LIBTOOL) --silent --mode=install cp $@ $(phptempdir)/$@ >/dev/null 2>&1

Then run:

make libs/libphp.dylib
sudo cp libs/libphp.dylib /usr/local/lib/

Compile the Go App

go get -d -v ./...
go build -v

Misc Dev Resources

• PHP embedding in uWSGI
• PHP embedding in NGINX Unit
• PHP embedding in Go (go-php)
• PHP embedding in Go (GoEmPHP)
• PHP embedding in C++
• Extending and Embedding PHP by Sara Golemon
• What the heck is TSRMLS_CC, anyway?
• PHP embedding on Mac