┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              TYPICAL PHP CONTAINER STARTUP TIMELINE              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│  Container create:  ██░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  0.5s  (3%)    │
│  Entrypoint script: ████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  3.0s  (20%)   │
│  Migrations check:  ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  2.0s  (13%)   │
│  Cache warmup:      ████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  4.0s  (27%)   │
│  OPcache preload:   ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  2.0s  (13%)   │
│  PHP-FPM start:     ████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  1.0s  (7%)    │
│  Health check pass: ██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  2.5s  (17%)   │
│                                                                 │
│  Total unoptimized: ████████████████████████████ ~15s           │
│  Target optimized:  ██████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  ~5s  (-67%)   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

; Preload critical classes at PHP-FPM startup (not per-request)
opcache.preload = /app/config/preload.php
opcache.preload_user = www-data

<?php
// config/preload.php
// Preload hot-path classes to eliminate first-request compilation
 
$directories = [
    '/app/src/Domain/',
    '/app/src/Application/',
    '/app/vendor/symfony/http-kernel/',
    '/app/vendor/symfony/routing/',
    '/app/vendor/symfony/dependency-injection/',
    '/app/vendor/doctrine/orm/src/',
];
 
foreach ($directories as $dir) {
    if (!is_dir($dir)) continue;
    $iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
        new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS)
    );
    foreach ($iterator as $file) {
        if ($file->getExtension() === 'php') {
            opcache_compile_file($file->getRealPath());
        }
    }
}

# ❌ SLOW: PSR-4 autoloading (filesystem lookups per class)
RUN composer dump-autoload
 
# ✅ FAST: Classmap authoritative (single array lookup)
RUN composer dump-autoload --optimize --classmap-authoritative

# Warm up cache at build time (not at startup)
RUN php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod --no-debug
 
# Pre-compile DI container, routes, templates
RUN php bin/console cache:clear --env=prod --no-debug \
    && php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod --no-debug

# Cache configuration, routes, and views at build time
RUN php artisan config:cache \
    && php artisan route:cache \
    && php artisan view:cache \
    && php artisan event:cache

#!/bin/bash
# ❌ SLOW: Everything runs sequentially, blocks startup
 
# Wait for database (blocks for 5-10s)
until mysql -h db -u root -p$PASS -e "SELECT 1" > /dev/null 2>&1; do
    sleep 1
done
 
# Run migrations (blocks for 2-5s)
php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate --no-interaction
 
# Clear and warm cache (blocks for 3-5s)
php bin/console cache:clear --env=prod
php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod
 
# Start PHP-FPM
php-fpm

#!/bin/sh
# ✅ FAST: Parallel init, non-blocking tasks in background
 
set -e
 
# Run non-critical tasks in background
{
    # Wait for DB and run migrations (non-blocking)
    /app/bin/wait-for-it.sh db:3306 --timeout=30
    php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate --no-interaction 2>&1 | logger -t migrations
} &
 
# Cache should be warmed at build time, but verify
if [ ! -d "/app/var/cache/prod" ]; then
    php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod --no-debug
fi
 
# Start PHP-FPM immediately
exec php-fpm

#!/bin/sh
# /app/bin/wait-for-it.sh - lightweight dependency check
HOST=$(echo "$1" | cut -d: -f1)
PORT=$(echo "$1" | cut -d: -f2)
TIMEOUT=${3:-30}
 
for i in $(seq 1 "$TIMEOUT"); do
    nc -z "$HOST" "$PORT" 2>/dev/null && exit 0
    sleep 1
done
echo "Timeout waiting for $HOST:$PORT" >&2
exit 1

services:
  php-fpm:
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "php-fpm-healthcheck"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      start_period: 15s
      retries: 3

#!/bin/sh
# /usr/local/bin/php-fpm-healthcheck
# Fast check: just verify PHP-FPM responds
 
# Option 1: TCP check (fastest, ~1ms)
nc -z 127.0.0.1 9000 2>/dev/null || exit 1
 
# Option 2: FPM ping (verifies PHP works, ~5ms)
SCRIPT_NAME=/ping SCRIPT_FILENAME=/ping REQUEST_METHOD=GET \
    cgi-fcgi -bind -connect 127.0.0.1:9000 2>/dev/null | grep -q pong || exit 1

# config/services.yaml
services:
    App\Infrastructure\Database\HeavyConnection:
        lazy: true  # Proxy created instantly, real init on first use
 
    App\Infrastructure\Cache\RedisAdapter:
        lazy: true  # Don't connect to Redis until actually needed

// Defer provider registration until service is actually needed
class HeavyServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    protected $defer = true;
 
    public function provides(): array
    {
        return [HeavyService::class];
    }
}

FROM php:8.4-fpm-alpine AS production
 
# Install extensions and runtime deps
RUN apk add --no-cache libzip icu-libs
 
COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/ /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/
COPY --from=builder /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/ /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/
 
WORKDIR /app
 
# Copy vendor (pre-built)
COPY --from=deps /app/vendor ./vendor
 
# Copy source
COPY . .
 
# BUILD-TIME: All cacheable operations
RUN composer dump-autoload --optimize --classmap-authoritative \
    && php bin/console cache:warmup --env=prod --no-debug
 
# Copy optimized entrypoint
COPY docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
 
# Health check
COPY docker/php-fpm-healthcheck /usr/local/bin/php-fpm-healthcheck
RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/php-fpm-healthcheck
 
HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=5s --start_period=10s --retries=3 \
    CMD php-fpm-healthcheck
 
ENTRYPOINT ["entrypoint.sh"]
CMD ["php-fpm"]