symfony · fabpot · Jun 20, 2025 · May 21, 2025
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+7.4
+---
+
+ * Add `FrankenPhpWorkerRunner`
+ * Add automatic detection of FrankenPHP worker mode in `SymfonyRuntime`
+
 6.4
 ---
 

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Runner/FrankenPhpWorkerRunner.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Runner/FrankenPhpWorkerRunner.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Runtime\Runner;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\TerminableInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Runtime\RunnerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * A runner for FrankenPHP in worker mode.
+ *
+ * @author Kévin Dunglas <[email protected]>
+ */
+class FrankenPhpWorkerRunner implements RunnerInterface
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        private HttpKernelInterface $kernel,
+        private int $loopMax,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    public function run(): int
+    {
+        // Prevent worker script termination when a client connection is interrupted
+        ignore_user_abort(true);
+
+        $server = array_filter($_SERVER, static fn (string $key) => !str_starts_with($key, 'HTTP_'), ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY);
+        $server['APP_RUNTIME_MODE'] = 'web=1&worker=1';
+
+        $handler = function () use ($server, &$sfRequest, &$sfResponse): void {
+            // Connect to the Xdebug client if it's available
+            if (\extension_loaded('xdebug') && \function_exists('xdebug_connect_to_client')) {
+                xdebug_connect_to_client();
+            }
+
+            // Merge the environment variables coming from DotEnv with the ones tied to the current request
+            $_SERVER += $server;
+
+            $sfRequest = Request::createFromGlobals();
+            $sfResponse = $this->kernel->handle($sfRequest);
+
+            $sfResponse->send();
+        };
+
+        $loops = 0;
+        do {
+            $ret = \frankenphp_handle_request($handler);
+
+            if ($this->kernel instanceof TerminableInterface && $sfRequest && $sfResponse) {
+                $this->kernel->terminate($sfRequest, $sfResponse);
+            }
+
+            gc_collect_cycles();
+        } while ($ret && (0 >= $this->loopMax || ++$loops < $this->loopMax));
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/SymfonyRuntime.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/SymfonyRuntime.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Internal\MissingDotenv;
 use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Internal\SymfonyErrorHandler;
+use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Runner\FrankenPhpWorkerRunner;
 use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Runner\Symfony\ConsoleApplicationRunner;
 use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Runner\Symfony\HttpKernelRunner;
 use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Runner\Symfony\ResponseRunner;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class_exists(MissingDotenv::class, false) || class_exists(Dotenv::class) || clas
  *  - "use_putenv" to tell Dotenv to set env vars using putenv() (NOT RECOMMENDED.)
  *  - "dotenv_overload" to tell Dotenv to override existing vars
  *  - "dotenv_extra_paths" to define a list of additional dot-env files
+ *  - "worker_loop_max" to define the number of requests after which the worker must restart to prevent memory leaks
  *
  * When the "debug" / "env" options are not defined, they will fallback to the
  * "APP_DEBUG" / "APP_ENV" environment variables, and to the "--env|-e" / "--no-debug"
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ class SymfonyRuntime extends GenericRuntime
     private readonly Command $command;
 
     /**
-     * @param array {
+     * @param array{
      *   debug?: ?bool,
      *   env?: ?string,
      *   disable_dotenv?: ?bool,
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ class SymfonyRuntime extends GenericRuntime
      *   debug_var_name?: string,
      *   dotenv_overload?: ?bool,
      *   dotenv_extra_paths?: ?string[],
+     *   worker_loop_max?: int, // Use 0 or a negative integer to never restart the worker. Default: 500
      * } $options
      */
     public function __construct(array $options = [])
@@ -143,12 +146,23 @@ public function __construct(array $options = [])
 
         $options['error_handler'] ??= SymfonyErrorHandler::class;
 
+        $workerLoopMax = $options['worker_loop_max'] ?? $_SERVER['FRANKENPHP_LOOP_MAX'] ?? $_ENV['FRANKENPHP_LOOP_MAX'] ?? null;
+        if (null !== $workerLoopMax && null === filter_var($workerLoopMax, \FILTER_VALIDATE_INT, \FILTER_NULL_ON_FAILURE)) {
+            throw new \LogicException(\sprintf('The "worker_loop_max" runtime option must be an integer, "%s" given.', get_debug_type($workerLoopMax)));
+        }
+
+        $options['worker_loop_max'] = (int) ($workerLoopMax ?? 500);
+
         parent::__construct($options);
     }
 
     public function getRunner(?object $application): RunnerInterface
     {
         if ($application instanceof HttpKernelInterface) {
+            if ($_SERVER['FRANKENPHP_WORKER'] ?? false) {
+                return new FrankenPhpWorkerRunner($application, $this->options['worker_loop_max']);
+            }
+
             return new HttpKernelRunner($application, Request::createFromGlobals(), $this->options['debug'] ?? false);
         }
 

diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Tests/FrankenPhpWorkerRunnerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Tests/FrankenPhpWorkerRunnerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Runtime\Tests;
+
+require_once __DIR__.'/frankenphp-function-mock.php';
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\TerminableInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Runner\FrankenPhpWorkerRunner;
+
+interface TestAppInterface extends HttpKernelInterface, TerminableInterface
+{
+}
+
+class FrankenPhpWorkerRunnerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testRun()
+    {
+        $application = $this->createMock(TestAppInterface::class);
+        $application
+            ->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('handle')
+            ->willReturnCallback(function (Request $request, int $type = HttpKernelInterface::MAIN_REQUEST, bool $catch = true): Response {
+                $this->assertSame('bar', $request->server->get('FOO'));
+
+                return new Response();
+            });
+        $application->expects($this->once())->method('terminate');
+
+        $_SERVER['FOO'] = 'bar';
+
+        $runner = new FrankenPhpWorkerRunner($application, 500);
+        $this->assertSame(0, $runner->run());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Tests/SymfonyRuntimeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Tests/SymfonyRuntimeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Runtime\Tests;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Runtime\Runner\FrankenPhpWorkerRunner;
+use Symfony\Component\Runtime\SymfonyRuntime;
+
+class SymfonyRuntimeTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testGetRunner()
+    {
+        $application = $this->createStub(HttpKernelInterface::class);
+
+        $runtime = new SymfonyRuntime();
+        $this->assertNotInstanceOf(FrankenPhpWorkerRunner::class, $runtime->getRunner(null));
+        $this->assertNotInstanceOf(FrankenPhpWorkerRunner::class, $runtime->getRunner($application));
+
+        $_SERVER['FRANKENPHP_WORKER'] = 1;
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(FrankenPhpWorkerRunner::class, $runtime->getRunner($application));
+    }
+
+    public function testStringWorkerMaxLoopThrows()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\LogicException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The "worker_loop_max" runtime option must be an integer, "string" given.');
+
+        new SymfonyRuntime(['worker_loop_max' => 'foo']);
+    }
+
+    public function testBoolWorkerMaxLoopThrows()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\LogicException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The "worker_loop_max" runtime option must be an integer, "bool" given.');
+
+        new SymfonyRuntime(['worker_loop_max' => false]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Tests/frankenphp-function-mock.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Runtime/Tests/frankenphp-function-mock.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+if (!function_exists('frankenphp_handle_request')) {
+    function frankenphp_handle_request(callable $callable): bool
+    {
+        $callable();
+
+        return false;
+    }
+}