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Runs on Zend Engine

Uses request-response model

Typically deployed on LAMP stack

Can run with Nginx + PHP-FPM

Executed on server

Produces HTML output

Uses PHP-FPM for high-speed workers

Runs under Apache mod_php or Nginx

MVC via Laravel/Symfony

REST/GraphQL API design

Blade and Twig template rendering

Modular monolith + microservice hybrids

Laravel-based SaaS apps

WordPress enterprise sites

E-commerce platforms with Magento

High-scale APIs with PHP-FPM + Nginx

Web-first simplicity

Pragmatic development

Backward compatibility

Modern performance and typing

Use Redis caching

Horizontally scale PHP-FPM workers

Use load balancers

Optimize database queries

Upgrade legacy PHP 5 code to strict types

Adopt namespaces and Composer

Migrate to Laravel/Symfony

Refactor procedural code to OOP