🧩 New life for legacy PHP apps?
summary
Argues that MCP becomes a layer on top of legacy systems rather than a replacement, able to layer on top of REST API or sit as an MCP server in front of an application to expose functionality while bypassing the existing UI. Shows how an MCP server implemented in PHP calls internal services directly — code interacting with code — enabling a conversational user interface that reuses legacy business logic without rewriting the front end.
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