Recently I had a chance to learn about Docker and also played around with it for a while. It's amazing technology, which is here to take away all the pain of deployment. In the current world of web hosting services, it's always a pain to move from one host to another. The major reason is that you will have to configure the new hosting server completely the same way right from … [Read more...] about How To Dockerize A Multi-Container App From Scratch
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Build PHP Web Application In One Step Using Makefile
If you are deploying your PHP web application manually by updating revision, setting proper permissions, running tests etc, from the command line, maybe it's time for you to automate these things better to save time. In case you have already tried, and maybe you are a little distracted to learn such a build system like "phing", well, there is good news for you, you can avoid … [Read more...] about Build PHP Web Application In One Step Using Makefile
PHPUnit Tutorial For Beginners
I have been using PHPUnit for quite some time now. I thought a few times about writing about it, but it didn't happen till now. This is my first tutorial on testing as well. The official documentation/getting started guide is already quite good for starting. However, I find it a little insufficient in several cases and could be a little hard to start with as a beginner. Thus, I … [Read more...] about PHPUnit Tutorial For Beginners
PHP HTTP Request With Guzzle
If you are consuming some kind of API with complex PHP HTTP requests which don't provide a clean wrapper library, I can feel the nightmare you might be having. The same could happen if you are writing such kind of API wrapper as well. Here, I will try to introduce you to Guzzle library and get a quick start. This article is targeted at complete beginners, so if you are already … [Read more...] about PHP HTTP Request With Guzzle
Using Composer With Codeigniter
For all web app developers, who have started using modern frameworks like Symfony, Silex, Laravel etc. and have wished for composer support inside their CodeIgniter application, I will try to show you the most efficient and standardized way to achieve this goal. I have also added this feature on my own codeigniterplus project, and if you are familiar with that project, you can … [Read more...] about Using Composer With Codeigniter