PHP server side rendering implementation

[Chackmool]

Hello Wappler Team,

I hope you're doing well. I wanted to ask if there are any plans to implement server-side rendering (SSR) for the PHP server model in the short to medium term.

I'm preparing to start a large-scale project for a client who specifically requires PHP, and having SSR capabilities would be a significant advantage. Before proceeding, I’d appreciate knowing whether this feature is on your roadmap or being considered for an upcoming release.

Thank you very much in advance for your support and all the great work you do.

Best regards.

Server-side rendering for PHP projects

Could we have server-side rendering for PHP projects just like you’ve implemented for NodeJS? A number of people will still have PHP projects because they go back a number of years and Facebook/Twitter don’t see the dynamic data so it’s proving to be an issue for custom blogs, etc.

[Teodor]

@Chackmool

I wanted to ask if there are any plans to implement server-side rendering (SSR) for the PHP server model in the short to medium term.

No, not planned in short term, that's not currently in our high priority list.

[Chackmool]

Is any updates for PHP coming? Or I need to move to NODEjs

[Apple]

My best advice to you, what is available today is what you get

[Chackmool]

My concern is my main Hosing dont support NODEJS. I dont want to move all to a new server.

[Apple]

Have you tried asking them if they can enable NodeJS? Maybe someone never asked, and they don't know either

[Chackmool]

Yes but they dont support it. So If i move to AWS or Digital Ocean I dont have email service. I dont really know what to do.

[Apple]

@Chackmool

So If i move to AWS or Digital Ocean I dont have email service. I dont really know what to do.

Can't you use e-mail service of your current one? Keep both services?

Btw AWS is expensive

Edit: If you just want to do simple stuff in SSR check this topic, not exactly easy but ok if you don't want to move away from PHP:

PDO connection if you prefer not to use a prerender service

I decided for my newly created Africa Collection site that I would rather get the meta tags and other SEO tags filled with my own PDO connection because certain social media platforms and schema providers can not parse the javascript and just read the page source before it is rendered. I have in the past used services from StackPath and prerender.io to produce similar results however this site changes pretty often, and the prerender indexing speed could become an issue for my client. I needed …

[Chackmool]

What hosting do you recommend?

[Apple]

Complicated question

I use Hetzner + CloudPanel + PM2, but it's not an easy setup

For you, I probably recommend Namecheap shared hosting, you can read more here:

Need Help Moving NodeJS Website

He did an entire list here Picking from his list, I’d probably pick Namecheap.

[bpj]

Wappler Resource Manager can deploy to Hetzner shared services automatically. Real easy! You can also add the netdata service via Wappler for monitoring

Relatively cheap, reliable (so far, in my experience) and powerful

[Chackmool]

@bpj

netdata service

How to add netdata service??

[Teodor]

Installing and using Netdata on Cloud Servers in Resource Manager

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[Hyperbytes]

@Chackmool

Yes but they dont support it. So If i move to AWS or Digital Ocean I dont have email service. I dont really

I use a VPS with cPanel via my shared hosting provider. This gives me option to move email over to the vps or leave it enabled through the shared host's email panel (which is what i normally do) as they share the same domain dns records.

Deploy via ftp, no docker needed.

[Chackmool]

I have exactly the same. Some via NODEJS on vps service but normally use php on shared hosting. Also use cpanel and FTP, I never use docker even o dont know how to use it.

[Richelle_Anderson]

I feel like those who use PHP are left out.

All this AI stuff is okay, but there are some things we want. Server-side would be one of those.

I love Wappler, but this gives me pause. Why wouldn't it be on the list, with many asking for it?

[George]

As we have rounded up the AI integration in Wappler 7, we will be also adding more dedicated PHP support in the AI and we will definitely be adding the templating support shortly to bring it at the level of NodeJS