Pext automatically transpiles your entire PHP codebase into a JavaScript application statement by statement, function by function. No manual rewrites. No migration headaches.
Most migration pitches skip straight to the product. We'll make the full argument.
PHP still runs half the web. That doesn't mean it's the right choice going forward.
PHP developers are aging out of the market. Junior developers don't learn PHP anymore. Every new hire gets harder and more expensive.
PHP frameworks have matured but aren't moving fast. Tooling, deployment, and observability all lag years behind the JavaScript world.
Building reactive UIs from PHP means bolting on JS as an afterthought. Your stack becomes two separate systems that don't talk well to each other.
Not because it's trendy. Because it's the undisputed platform for modern software.
npm has over 2 million packages. Every tool, every library, every integration already exists. PHP can't compete with that breadth.
Share types, validation logic, and business rules between server and client. No more translating concepts across two separate language ecosystems.
Edge runtimes, serverless, containers — JS runs natively everywhere. The runtime innovation pace in JS is simply unmatched.
Once you've decided to move, the question is how. A manual rewrite is slow and risky. Pext is neither.
A manual rewrite of a large PHP codebase takes 12–24 months minimum. Pext transpiles it in days — so you ship immediately instead of running two parallel systems.
Every business rule, every edge case preserved through deterministic 1:1 mapping. No human interpretation, no AI hallucinations, no regressions.
The output mirrors your original structure: same classes, same logic, different language. Your team doesn't relearn the architecture — they just start writing JS.
Pext doesn't just convert syntax. It maps every PHP construct to equivalent JavaScript running on the Pext runtime, keeping your business logic intact.
Pext's compiler ingests your entire PHP codebase: classes, functions, control flow, statements, expressions, and builds a complete Abstract Syntax Tree.
Each PHP statement is mapped 1:1 to its JavaScript equivalent using Pext runtime functions. No guesswork, no AI hallucinations: deterministic, predictable output.
Your app now runs on JavaScript within the Pext framework. Deploy it with modern tooling, enjoy the JS ecosystem, and leave legacy PHP infrastructure behind.
No vanilla JS. Pext generates code that runs within the Pext runtime framework, which provides JavaScript equivalents of PHP's standard library, type coercion rules, and server-side behaviors. This is what makes the translation accurate and complete.
Point Pext at your PHP project and it maps every statement to its JavaScript equivalent inside the Pext runtime. Hover any line to see how it maps.
<?phpclass UserController {public function getProfile($id) {$user = User::find($id);if (!$user) {return response()->json(['error' => 'Not found'], 404);}return response()->json($user);}}
import { array, falsy } from 'pext-core';module.exports = (ctx, _) => {_.UserController = class UserController {getProfile(id) {return ctx.method(this, { id }, ($) => {$.user = _.User().find($.id);if (falsy($.user)) {return _.response._().json(array({'error': 'Not found'}), 404);}return _.response._().json($.user);});}};}
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