Explain advanced Hexagonal Architecture and Ports & Adapters in PHP.
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
Hexagonal Architecture isolates domain logic from infrastructure through ports and adapters.
Deep explanation
Hexagonal Architecture, also called Ports and Adapters, is an architectural style designed to prevent business logic from depending on infrastructure.
Traditional layered architectures often fail because:
- business logic depends on frameworks
- domain rules leak into controllers
- persistence concerns spread everywhere
- testing becomes difficult
Hexagonal Architecture solves this through strict dependency inversion.
Core principles:
- Domain-Centric Design
Business rules become the center of the system.
- Ports
Interfaces defining communication contracts.…
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