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Self-Hosted MCP Server in PHP: A Practical Guide
This tutorial explains how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in PHP, despite the lack of an official SDK. MCP is a JSON-RPC 2.0 wire protocol that connects AI assistants to external systems via tools, resources, and prompts. The post covers stdio and HTTP transports, and warns about exposing internal systems to AI models.
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The article is a solid technical walkthrough for PHP developers, but the security implications of exposing internal systems to AI models deserve more emphasis than they get here.
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