Explain advanced service mesh architecture and its impact on PHP microservices.

A service mesh manages service-to-service communication, security, observability, and traffic control at the infrastructure layer.

A service mesh introduces a dedicated infrastructure layer that handles communication between microservices without requiring application-level changes.

Core components:

Sidecar proxies (e.g., Envoy) handling traffic.

Manages policies, routing, and configurations.

Core capabilities:

Advanced patterns:…