Replying to myself. I guess I read that a bit too quickly: > In Node.js, the answer involves a WebSocket to TCP socket proxy, Asyncify, and patching deep PHP i

Replying to myself. I guess I read that a bit too quickly: > In Node.js, the answer involves a WebSocket to TCP socket proxy, Asyncify, and patching deep PHP internals like php_select. It's complex, but there's a reward. The Node.js-targeted PHP build can request web APIs, install composer packages, and even connect to a MySQL server. Hm, that sounds very interesting and promising