Fashion-PHP

Fashion-PHP is a specialized, open-source AI orchestration framework designed to bridge the gap between high-performance Python-based fashion models (such as VITON-HD, OOTDiffusion, and Stable Diffusion) and the massive global footprint of PHP-based e-commerce platforms like Magento, WooCommerce, and Shopware. By 2026, Fashion-PHP has evolved from a simple API wrapper into a comprehensive middleware solution that utilizes PHP 8.4’s FFI (Foreign Function Interface) and Swoole-based asynchronous processing to handle heavy AI inference tasks. The architecture focuses on decoupling the heavy GPU-bound image generation from the web-server logic, utilizing a robust worker-queue system backed by Redis. This allows developers to implement features like real-time virtual try-ons, AI-generated model photography from flat-lay images, and automated garment segmentation directly within their existing PHP codebase. Its positioning in 2026 is critical for legacy e-commerce modernization, providing a cost-effective, self-hosted alternative to expensive SaaS fashion-AI APIs, while maintaining strict data privacy by allowing on-premise model deployment.