Using Redis for Caching in Laravel: A Step-by-Step Guide

1. phpredis

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   A PHP extension for Redis

   

   So far we have simply installed the Redis server in our computer, but we need to have a way to connect from a PHP application. For this there are two options, using phpredis, a PHP extension, or predis, a library. None is better than the other, they just have different objectives and scopes. phpredis has the advantage that it allows you to connect to Redis from any PHP project that is executed in that computer, whereas phpredis, being a library, only allows to connect from the projects where it's installed. In my case, I have experience with phpredis, so let's see how to install it.

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3. Redis

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   For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.

   

   Laravel is, without fear of contradiction, the most popular PHP framework, and among the most popular within web development. Redis is, for its part, an in-memory database widely used for caching storage due to the fact that data is stored in key-value pairs, which makes its management easier. In this article we'll see how to set up Redis in a Laravel application and what is to be considered when handling cache keys.

4. Predis

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   A flexible and feature-complete Redis/Valkey client for PHP.

   

   So far we have simply installed the Redis server in our computer, but we need to have a way to connect from a PHP application. For this there are two options, using phpredis, a PHP extension, or predis, a library. None is better than the other, they just have different objectives and scopes. phpredis has the advantage that it allows you to connect to Redis from any PHP project that is executed in that computer, whereas phpredis, being a library, only allows to connect from the projects where it's installed. In my case, I have experience with phpredis, so let's see how to install it.

5. Laravel

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   Laravel is, without fear of contradiction, the most popular PHP framework, and among the most popular within web development. Redis is, for its part, an in-memory database widely used for caching storage due to the fact that data is stored in key-value pairs, which makes its management easier. In this article we'll see how to set up Redis in a Laravel application and what is to be considered when handling cache keys.

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