Tag: async

PHP 8.6 ships a native Io\Poll API backed by epoll, kqueue, and WSAPoll. What it fixes about stream_select, and how the new Context and Watcher classes work.

A clear look at PHP's True Async RFC, the spawn and await coroutine model, why version 1.6 was voted down, and where native async is heading for PHP 8.6.

Symfony Messenger handles async queues, retries, and message buses elegantly. Here's a practical guide to using it properly in your PHP apps.