spiral/framework
Framework
This project is a high-performance PHP framework designed for building scalable services using a resident memory execution model. By maintaining application state in memory across requests, it eliminates bootstrap overhead and provides a persistent environment for long-running processes.
The framework distinguishes itself through its integrated support for durable workflow orchestration and asynchronous task management. It enables the execution of complex, long-running business processes that automatically handle failures and state recovery, alongside a background processing system that dispatches jobs across multiple drivers to ensure fault tolerance.
The platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools for modern web development, including an object-relational mapper for database persistence, middleware-based request handling, and modular bootloaders for managing application lifecycles. It also incorporates security features such as authentication, role-based access control, and schema-based input validation to protect application endpoints.
Additional capabilities include real-time bidirectional communication via WebSockets, telemetry collection for performance monitoring, and command-line tools for scaffolding and administrative automation.
Features
- High-Performance API Frameworks - Provides a high-performance framework for building scalable services using a resident memory execution model.
- High-Performance Web Services - Builds scalable, high-performance web services using a resident memory architecture to eliminate bootstrap overhead.
- Database ORMs - Maps database records to objects and automates schema migrations across multiple database engines.
- Durable Task Orchestrators - Provides durable execution engines for complex, long-running business processes with automatic state recovery.
- Distributed Workflow Orchestrators - Enables the execution of complex, long-running business processes as stateful operations that automatically handle failures and recovery.
- PHP Application Servers - Ships a high-performance execution engine that maintains application state in memory across requests to eliminate bootstrap overhead.
- Resident Process Execution - Maintains application state in memory across requests to remove the need for repeated initialization in long-running processes.
- Asynchronous Task Queues - Provides a background processing system that dispatches jobs across multiple drivers to ensure fault tolerance.
- Dependency Injection Containers - Resolves and injects class dependencies automatically using attribute-based configuration to simplify component wiring.
- Durable Workflow Engines - Executes long-running business processes as stateful, fault-tolerant operations with automatic failure recovery.
- Container-Based Dependency Injection - Supports automatic dependency resolution with attribute-based configuration and scoped object lifecycles.
- HTTP Request Handling - Processes incoming web requests through a middleware pipeline and routing layers to generate structured responses.
- Relational Persistence Layers - Provides relational persistence layers for mapping database records to application objects.
- Data Mappers - Translates database records into application objects using a decoupled pattern that supports dynamic schemas.
- Object-Relational Mappers - Includes an object-relational mapper that maps database records to objects and automates schema migrations.
- Background Job Processing - Manages asynchronous job dispatching across multiple queue drivers with built-in supervision for fault tolerance.
- Message Queue Workers - Dispatches asynchronous jobs to background processes using supervised message brokers to maintain responsiveness.
- Worker Process Management - Orchestrates worker processes and balances traffic using a high-performance server engine to maintain application state.
- WebSocket Clients and Servers - Supports real-time bidirectional communication between the server and clients through event-driven WebSocket broadcasting.
- Authentication and Authorization - Incorporates authentication and role-based access control to protect application endpoints and user sessions.
- Input Validation - Verifies incoming request data against defined schemas to ensure integrity before processing business logic.
- Web Application Security - Protects application endpoints using authentication, role-based access control, and schema-based input validation.
- Application Lifecycle Management - Manages application startup, configuration, and request dispatching to ensure consistent state in long-running environments.
- Background Processing - Offloads time-consuming operations to background queues to maintain application responsiveness.
- Distributed Service Architectures - Provides standardized protocols for high-performance communication and reliable data exchange between independent services.
- Middleware Pipelines - Routes incoming web requests through a series of interceptors and validation layers to generate structured responses.
- Modular Application Architectures - Orchestrates application startup and configuration through isolated components to manage complex lifecycles.
