Unit 5 laravel (1)
Unit 5 laravel (1)
PHP Extensions:
1. BC Math
2. Ctype
3. cURL
4. JSON
5. MbString
6. OpenSSL
7. PCRE
8. PDO Server Configuration
9. Nginx
10. Optimizing Route Loading
11. Optimizing View Loading
12. Deployment with vapor
• In this topic, the students will gain the idea of various PHP extensions
and deployment of Laravel with configuration management.
The BCMath extension in PHP stands for "Binary Calculator Math" and is used for arbitrary precision
arithmetic. It allows PHP developers to perform mathematical operations on numbers with very high
precision, which is especially useful when dealing with financial calculations or other scenarios where
precision matters.
BCMath provides functions for arithmetic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division,
as well as functions for more complex operations like exponentiation and square roots. Unlike standard
arithmetic operators in PHP, BCMath functions operate on strings representing numbers, allowing for
arbitrary precision calculations.
<?php
$num1 = '12345678901234567890.1234567890';
$num2 = '98765432109876543210.0987654321';
To use BCMath in PHP, you need to make sure it's enabled in your PHP configuration. This typically involves
uncommenting or adding the line extension=bcmath.so (for Linux) or extension=php_bcmath.dll (for
Windows) in your php.ini file and then restarting your web server or PHP service.
The ctype PHP extension provides functions for testing the character types of
strings. These functions are useful for tasks such as data validation, input
sanitization, and character manipulation. The extension contains functions for
checking whether a character or a string contains certain types of characters,
such as alphabetic characters, digits, whitespace, punctuation, etc.
<?php
$string = "Hello123";
if (ctype_alnum($string)) {
echo "The string contains only alphanumeric characters.";
}
if (ctype_upper($string)) {
echo "The string contains only uppercase letters.";
} elseif (ctype_lower($string)) {
echo "The string contains only lowercase letters.";
} else {
echo "The string contains both uppercase and lowercase letters.";
}
?>
To use the ctype extension in PHP, it's usually enabled by default as part of the
core PHP installation. However, if you need to explicitly enable it, you can do
so by ensuring that extension=ctype.so (for Linux) or extension=php_ctype.dll
(for Windows) is uncommented in your php.ini file and then restarting your
web server or PHP service
The cURL PHP extension provides an interface to the cURL library, allowing PHP developers to make HTTP
requests and interact with other network protocols like FTP, SMTP, and more. cURL stands for "Client URL
Library", and it's widely used for sending and receiving data over various network protocols.
Here are some common tasks you can perform using the cURL extension in PHP:
Sending HTTP requests: You can send GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and other types of HTTP requests to
interact with
web servers and APIs.
Handling response data: You can retrieve response headers, response bodies, and other information returned by
the server.
Handling cookies: cURL allows you to send and receive cookies, making it possible to maintain sessions across
multiple HTTP requests.
Handling authentication: You can perform basic authentication, digest authentication, and other types of
authentication supported by cURL.
Uploading files: You can upload files to a server using HTTP POST requests with cURL.
Downloading files: You can download files from remote servers using HTTP GET requests with cURL.
The JSON PHP extension provides functions to work with JSON data within
PHP. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data interchange
format widely used for data exchange between a server and a web client, as
well as for storing configuration data and transmitting structured data
between different systems.
The JSON extension in PHP provides functions for encoding PHP data
structures into JSON format and decoding JSON-encoded data back into PHP
data types. This facilitates communication between PHP scripts and other
systems or services that use JSON for data exchange.
The mbstring extension in PHP stands for "multibyte string" and is used
for handling multibyte encodings such as UTF-8, which is crucial for
supporting a wide range of languages and characters beyond the ASCII
character set. This extension provides functions to manipulate multibyte
strings in PHP, including functions for string encoding, decoding, splitting,
and case conversion.
Each bit can contain only two distinct values, one or zero.
Because of this, a byte can only represent 256 unique values
(two to the power of eight)).
When you manipulate (trim, split, slice, etc.) strings encoded in a multibyte
encoding,
you need to use special functions since two or more consecutive bytes may
represent a single character in such encoding schemes. Otherwise, if you apply a
non-multibyte-aware string function to the string, it probably fails to detect the
beginning or ending of the multibyte character and ends up with a corrupted
garbage string that most likely loses its original meaning.
Ensure that the OpenSSL library is installed on your system. This library is usually installed by default
on most Unix-like systems (e.g., Linux, macOS), but you might need to install it manually on some
platforms.
Enable the OpenSSL extension in your PHP configuration. You can typically do this by uncommenting
or adding the following line in your php.ini configuration file:
After making changes to the php.ini file, you may need to restart your web server for the changes to
take effect.
Once the OpenSSL extension is enabled, you can use PHP's built-in functions provided by the
extension to perform various cryptographic operations. For example, you can use functions like
openssl_encrypt() and openssl_decrypt() for symmetric encryption, openssl_sign() and
openssl_verify() for digital signatures, and openssl_pkey_new() for generating cryptographic key pairs.
The PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) PHP extension provides a powerful
set of functions for working with regular expressions in PHP. Regular expressions are
patterns used to match character combinations in strings, allowing for advanced
text processing and manipulation.
PCRE is particularly useful when you need to perform tasks such as:
If you encounter any issues related to PCRE functions not being available, it
may indicate a problem with your PHP installation, and you may need to
recompile PHP with PCRE support or install the PCRE library on your system.
Once the PCRE extension is enabled, you can use PHP's PCRE functions like
preg_match(), preg_replace(), preg_split(), and others to perform a wide range
of text processing tasks using regular expressions.
Regular expressions are a powerful tool for string manipulation, but they can
also be complex and tricky to get right. It's essential to understand regular
expression syntax and best practices to effectively use PCRE functions in PHP.
Configuring PDO (PHP Data Objects) for server-side usage involves setting up both
the PDO extension in PHP and configuring the database server.
Connection Parameters: Set up the connection parameters for your database. These typically
include the database hostname or IP address, port number, database name, username, and
password.
PDO DSN (Data Source Name): Construct a PDO DSN string that specifies the database driver, host,
port, and database name. For example, for MySQL, the DSN might look like
mysql:host=localhost;port=3306;dbname=mydatabase.
Database Server Configuration:
Database Setup: Ensure that the database server is installed and running. If not, install and
configure the database server software (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
Database User: Create a database user with appropriate privileges to access the database. It's a
security best practice to grant only the necessary permissions required by your application.
Firewall Configuration: If your database server is running on a separate machine, ensure that the
firewall settings allow incoming connections on the database port.
Network Configuration: Configure your database server to accept connections from the PHP server.
This might involve configuring network settings, such as binding the database server to a specific IP
address or allowing remote connections.
In Laravel deployment, Nginx serves as the web server that handles incoming HTTP requests and
routes them to your Laravel application for processing. Nginx is responsible for efficiently serving
static files, managing client connections, and directing PHP requests to the PHP interpreter for
dynamic content generation.
Receiving Requests: When a user accesses your Laravel application through a web browser or an API client,
their request is sent to the Nginx server.
Routing Requests: Nginx examines the request URL and determines how to handle it based on the server
configuration. For Laravel applications, Nginx typically routes requests to the Laravel application's entry point,
which is usually the index.php file in the public directory.
Serving Static Files: Nginx efficiently serves static files such as images, CSS, JavaScript, and other assets
directly to clients without involving the PHP interpreter. This helps improve performance and reduce server
load.
Processing PHP Requests: When Nginx encounters a request for a PHP file, it passes the request to
the PHP FastCGI Process Manager (FPM). PHP-FPM is responsible for executing PHP code and
generating dynamic content.
Interacting with Laravel: Once PHP-FPM receives a PHP request, it loads the Laravel framework and
routes the request to the appropriate controller or route defined in your Laravel application. Laravel
processes the request, interacts with the database, and generates the response.
Returning Responses: After processing the request, Laravel sends the response back to PHP-FPM,
which passes it back to Nginx. Nginx then sends the response to the client that made the initial
request.
Autoloader optimization in Laravel deployment refers to the process of optimizing the autoloading
mechanism provided by Composer, which is the PHP dependency manager used by Laravel.
Autoloader optimization is essential for improving the performance of your Laravel application,
especially in production environments where response time and server resources are critical. By
optimizing the autoloader, you can reduce the time it takes for PHP to locate and load classes, leading
to faster response times and improved overall performance.
Composer Autoload Optimization: Laravel provides an Artisan command named optimize that you
can run to optimize the Composer autoloader. This command performs several tasks, including
classmap generation and optimizing the Composer autoloader configuration.
This command generates a bootstrap/cache/compiled.php file that contains a class map of all the
classes used in your application. This class map helps PHP locate classes more efficiently, reducing the
overhead of autoloading individual files.
Classmap Generation: The optimize command generates a class map that maps each class name to
its corresponding file path. This class map is then used by PHP's autoloader to quickly locate and load
classes when they are referenced in your application.
Caching Autoload Files: Additionally, Laravel caches the optimized autoloader files in
the bootstrap/cache directory. This cached autoloader file is loaded automatically
when your application starts, eliminating the need for Composer to parse and
process the composer.json file and autoload files on every request.
Improved Performance: By optimizing the autoloader, Laravel reduces the number
of file system operations required to load classes, resulting in faster application
startup times and improved response times for incoming requests.
To optimize or improve the speed of your application you will also need to
optimize your route loading. This is very important, especially for
applications with many routes.
Optimizing route loading in Laravel deployment refers to the process of improving the performance
and efficiency of how Laravel loads and processes routes within your application. Routes in Laravel
define the entry points for incoming HTTP requests and map them to specific controller actions or
closures.
Route caching
To optimize route loading, you will need to run the following command
while deploying your application to the live server:
This above command makes all your hundreds of routes into a single method
in a cached file, and thereby boosts the registration performance of hundreds
of routes.
Note: You must convert closure routes to controller classes if you want to
use route caching. If you want to clear the route cache, you can run the
following command:
php artisan route:clear
Command
When sending your application to a live server, you need to ensure you run the view:cache
artisan command amid your deployment process:
php artisan view:cache
This command precompiles all your Blade views so they are not compiled on
demand, which improves the performance of each request that returns a view. It
also clears the previous view cache to recompile new views. In other words, this
quick and simple process will enhance the performance of your application.
Enable Debug
Search APP_DEBUG key in .env file and change true to enable debug mode
and false for disable debug mode.
APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=
APP_DEBUG=true APP
_URL=http://localhost
LOG_CHANNEL=single
Disable Debug
APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=local
APP_KEY=
APP_DEBUG=false APP
_URL=http://localhost
LOG_CHANNEL=single
Open the app.php file located in your config/app.php laravel project. Search for
debug key and change true to enable debug mode and false for disabling debug
mode default it will show false.
Enable
Debug
'debug' => env('APP_DEBUG', true),
Disable Debug
Laravel Vapor has its own CLI command that will let you deploy your various Vapor
environments.
For most projects, this means that you can simply use the vapor command as it's likely present
at ./vendor/bin/vapor (remember, ./vendor/bin is set in $PATH).
Deploying Environments
Laravel Forge is a service provided by Laravel that simplifies the process of deploying and managing
Laravel applications on cloud servers. It is designed to make server provisioning, deployment, and
maintenance easier for developers, particularly those who are not specialized in server administration.
SSL Certificate Management: Forge simplifies the process of securing your application with SSL certificates. It
can automatically obtain and configure Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for your domain names.
Database Management: Forge integrates with popular database services like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and
MariaDB. It allows you to easily create and manage databases for your application from the Forge dashboard.
Queue Workers and Scheduler: Forge provides tools to manage queue workers (using tools like Redis or
Beanstalkd) and schedule tasks (using Laravel's task scheduler) directly from the dashboard.
Monitoring and Notifications: Forge provides basic server monitoring and alerting features. It can notify you
via email or Slack when certain events occur, such as server downtime or high resource usage.
Server Configuration: Forge handles server configuration tasks such as setting up Nginx or Apache web servers,
PHP versions, and other necessary dependencies for Laravel applications.
Collaboration and Team Access: Forge supports team collaboration by allowing multiple users to access and
manage servers. You can control user permissions and access levels.
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Unit 5
Daily Quiz
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1. What type of problems did you have working with Laravel or VueJS
projects and how did you solve them?
2. What is Laravel Eloquent? Why is it nice to have for development?
3. How is the Vue Js Browser support these days?
4. What is your favorite feature of Laravel?
5. A project is using Laravel 6 and with LaravelShift could move to 7. Should
it?
6. What is your favorite feature of Laravel?
7. Database Migrations - What is so useful about them?
8. What are Laravel Service Providers used for? Give an example in one of
your projects?
9. What is your favorite feature of Laravel?
10. Axios Errors - How do you debug them? What tools do you use for it?
In this unit we studied about the deployment of Laravel Application for the production
purposes.
We studied about the various types of PHP extensions like BCMath, Ctype, cURL, JSON
and MBString etc.