oxphp/runtime

OxPHP runtime adapter — run Symfony, Laravel and PSR-15 applications on the OxPHP server in both traditional and worker mode.

Extends symfony/runtime. Zero hard dependencies on any framework or PSR-7 implementation — everything is auto-detected when the container is resolved.

Requirements

• PHP 8.4+
• OxPHP server (for production use; the runtime transparently falls back to symfony/runtime defaults when not running under the OxPHP SAPI)
• symfony/runtime ^6.4 || ^7.0

Installation

composer require oxphp/runtime

Then set the runtime in .env:

APP_RUNTIME=OxPHP\Runtime\Runtime

Your public/index.php stays as it would be under symfony/runtime:

<?php
use App\Kernel;

require_once \dirname(__DIR__).'/vendor/autoload_runtime.php';

return fn(array $context) => new Kernel($context['APP_ENV'], (bool)$context['APP_DEBUG']);

Supported application types

Return type from index.php	Runner
Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface	Psr15Runner
Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel	LaravelRunner
Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface	HttpKernelRunner
Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response	HttpFoundationResponseRunner
Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface	Psr7ResponseRunner

Any other type throws LogicException. Console applications are out of scope — run them under the stock PHP CLI SAPI.

Traditional vs worker mode

Mode is auto-detected via oxphp_is_worker(). Nothing to configure on the runtime side. In worker mode:

• Your application boots once per worker thread.
• oxphp_worker() drives the loop internally; the runtime wraps each request in try/catch(\Throwable) so a broken handler cannot poison the worker.
• Between requests, OxPHP performs a soft reset (output buffers, headers, superglobals). Framework-specific state you want to reset on top of that goes through the resetter chain.

Resetters

Register custom resetters via APP_RUNTIME_OPTIONS:

APP_RUNTIME_OPTIONS="{\"resetters\":[\"App\\\\Runtime\\\\EntityManagerResetter\"]}"

Your class implements OxPHP\Runtime\Resetter\ResetterInterface:

use OxPHP\Runtime\Resetter\ResetterInterface;

final class EntityManagerResetter implements ResetterInterface
{
    public function __construct(private readonly EntityManagerInterface $em) {}

    public function reset(): void
    {
        $this->em->clear();
    }
}

Symfony users get the container's services_resetter (any service tagged kernel.reset) wired up automatically — no registration needed.

PSR-17 factory

Used only by PSR-15 and bare PSR-7 Response paths. Auto-detected in this order:

1. Nyholm\Psr7\Factory\Psr17Factory (recommended)
2. GuzzleHttp\Psr7\HttpFactory
3. HttpSoft\Message\ServerRequestFactory (+ siblings)
4. Laminas\Diactoros\ServerRequestFactory (+ siblings)

Override via APP_RUNTIME_OPTIONS:

APP_RUNTIME_OPTIONS="{\"psr17_factory\":\"My\\\\Factory\"}"

Streaming

StreamedResponse, StreamedJsonResponse, and PSR-7 bodies with readable streams are flushed chunk-by-chunk via oxphp_stream_flush() — ideal for SSE and large payloads.

For "respond early, keep working" patterns use oxphp_finish_request() directly in your controller:

$response = new JsonResponse(['status' => 'accepted']);
// ... after sending ...
\oxphp_finish_request();
// background work continues; the client already got the response

License

MIT