diff --git a/pkg/php/services.go b/pkg/php/services.go
index 44e0a61c..47a8b780 100644
--- a/pkg/php/services.go
+++ b/pkg/php/services.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/host-uk/core/pkg/cli"
@@ -120,10 +119,8 @@ func (s *baseService) startProcess(ctx context.Context, cmdName string, args []s
 	s.cmd.Stderr = logFile
 	s.cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), env...)
 
-	// Set process group for clean shutdown
-	s.cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-		Setpgid: true,
-	}
+	// Set platform-specific process attributes for clean shutdown
+	setSysProcAttr(s.cmd)
 
 	if err := s.cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		logFile.Close()
@@ -159,13 +156,8 @@ func (s *baseService) stopProcess() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// Send SIGTERM to process group
-	pgid, err := syscall.Getpgid(s.cmd.Process.Pid)
-	if err == nil {
-		syscall.Kill(-pgid, syscall.SIGTERM)
-	} else {
-		s.cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
-	}
+	// Send termination signal to process (group on Unix)
+	signalProcessGroup(s.cmd, termSignal())
 
 	// Wait for graceful shutdown with timeout
 	done := make(chan struct{})
@@ -179,11 +171,7 @@ func (s *baseService) stopProcess() error {
 		// Process exited gracefully
 	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
 		// Force kill
-		if pgid, err := syscall.Getpgid(s.cmd.Process.Pid); err == nil {
-			syscall.Kill(-pgid, syscall.SIGKILL)
-		} else {
-			s.cmd.Process.Kill()
-		}
+		signalProcessGroup(s.cmd, killSignal())
 	}
 
 	s.running = false
diff --git a/pkg/php/services_unix.go b/pkg/php/services_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7eb31e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/php/services_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+package php
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// setSysProcAttr sets Unix-specific process attributes for clean process group handling.
+func setSysProcAttr(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		Setpgid: true,
+	}
+}
+
+// signalProcessGroup sends a signal to the process group.
+// On Unix, this uses negative PID to signal the entire group.
+func signalProcessGroup(cmd *exec.Cmd, sig syscall.Signal) error {
+	if cmd.Process == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	pgid, err := syscall.Getpgid(cmd.Process.Pid)
+	if err == nil {
+		return syscall.Kill(-pgid, sig)
+	}
+
+	// Fallback to signaling just the process
+	return cmd.Process.Signal(sig)
+}
+
+// termSignal returns SIGTERM for Unix.
+func termSignal() syscall.Signal {
+	return syscall.SIGTERM
+}
+
+// killSignal returns SIGKILL for Unix.
+func killSignal() syscall.Signal {
+	return syscall.SIGKILL
+}
diff --git a/pkg/php/services_windows.go b/pkg/php/services_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3da98b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/php/services_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package php
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+// setSysProcAttr sets Windows-specific process attributes.
+// Windows doesn't support Setpgid, so this is a no-op.
+func setSysProcAttr(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	// No-op on Windows - process groups work differently
+}
+
+// signalProcessGroup sends a termination signal to the process.
+// On Windows, we can only signal the main process, not a group.
+func signalProcessGroup(cmd *exec.Cmd, sig os.Signal) error {
+	if cmd.Process == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return cmd.Process.Signal(sig)
+}
+
+// termSignal returns os.Interrupt for Windows (closest to SIGTERM).
+func termSignal() os.Signal {
+	return os.Interrupt
+}
+
+// killSignal returns os.Kill for Windows.
+func killSignal() os.Signal {
+	return os.Kill
+}