Hot reload with FrankenPHP
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While preparing the slides for my talk about FrankenPHP and DDEV at the API Platform Conference 2026, I discovered the hot reload feature of FrankenPHP.
While preparing the slides for my talk about FrankenPHP and DDEV at the API Platform Conference 2026, I discovered the hot reload feature of FrankenPHP.
We use DDEV for almost all of our PHP projects. Also, we use FrankenPHP in our projects, but so far only in production.
Can we make FrankenPHP also run in DDEV to have a more consistent development environment?
FrankenPHP can embed the source code and assets of PHP applications in a static, self-contained binary. This, paired with GitLab CI, streamlines deployments and releases.