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php
// Add this to your product migration
public function up()
{
Schema::table(‘products’, function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->index(‘sku’);
$table->index([‘category_id’, ‘price’]);
});
}
php
// Bad way – creates many database calls
$orders = Order::all();
foreach ($orders as $order) {
echo $order->user->name;
}
// Good way – one database call
$orders = Order::with(‘user’)->get();
foreach ($orders as $order) {
echo $order->user->name;
}
php
// Cache expensive queries
$products = Cache::remember(‘top_products’, 3600, function () {
return Product::where(‘featured’, true)
->with(‘category’)
->get();
});
php
// Slow way – gets everything
$products = Product::all()->where(‘active’, true);
// Fast way – asks database to filter first
$products = Product::where(‘active’, true)->get();
php
// Get just what you need
$names = Product::select(‘name’, ‘price’)
->where(‘active’, true)
->chunk(100, function($products) {
// handle chunks here
});
php
// Save category menu for 1 hour
$menu = Cache::remember(‘category_menu’, 3600, function() {
return Category::active()
->with(‘subcategories’)
->get();
});
php
// Don’t do this during checkout
Order::create()->process();
// Do this instead
ProcessOrder::dispatch($orderData);
php
// Queue setup in .env
QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis
javascript
// webpack.mix.js
mix.js(‘resources/js/app.js’, ‘public/js’)
.sass(‘resources/sass/app.scss’, ‘public/css’)
.version();
// Make files even smaller
mix.js(‘resources/js/app.js’, ‘public/js’)
.sass(‘resources/sass/app.scss’, ‘public/css’)
.minify()
.version();
php
// in .htaccess
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 year”
ExpiresByType text/css “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType application/js “access plus 1 month”
</IfModule>
php
// Resize on upload
use Intervention\Image\Facades\Image;
$image = Image::make($request->file(‘product_image’))
->resize(800, null, function ($constraint) {
$constraint->aspectRatio();
})
->save();
html
<!– Lazy load images –>
<img src=”product.jpg“ loading=”lazy“ alt=”Cool product“>
php
// config/session.php
‘driver’ => env(‘SESSION_DRIVER’, ‘redis’),
// .env
SESSION_DRIVER=redis
REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PORT=6379
php
// ProductController.php
public function show(Product $product)
{
return cache()->remember(
“product.{$product->id}“,
3600,
fn() => view(‘product.show’, compact(‘product’))
);
}
php
// PaymentService.php
public function getPaymentMethods()
{
return cache()->tags([‘api’])
->remember(‘payment_methods’,
now()->addHours(6),
fn() => $this->api->fetchMethods()
);
}
php
// Clear specific caches
cache()->tags([‘api’])->flush();
php
; php.ini tweaks
opcache.enable=1
opcache.memory_consumption=256
opcache.max_accelerated_files=20000
opcache.revalidate_freq=0
opcache.validate_timestamps=0
nginx
# nginx config
upstream laravel_app {
server 10.0.0.1:80;
server 10.0.0.2:80;
server 10.0.0.3:80;
}
server {
location / {
proxy_pass http://laravel_app;
}
}
php
// config/filesystems.php
‘s3’ => [
‘driver’ => ‘s3’,
‘key’ => env(‘AWS_KEY’),
‘secret’ => env(‘AWS_SECRET’),
‘region’ => env(‘AWS_REGION’),
‘bucket’ => env(‘AWS_BUCKET’),
‘url’ => env(‘AWS_URL’),
]
php
// Use CDN in views
<img src=“{{ asset(‘images/product.jpg’) }}”>
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