An Internet of PHP(timotijhof.net)

  1. I want to know if the environment I am going into is pragmatic about languages.  If you are going to refuse to continue working with me over something so minor as PHP then we aren't a culture fit.
  2. I want to showcase my best.  I know this language in and out.  It's the first language I learned and I have the greatest ease of building algorithms with it.  I've had interviews where I was asked to do something with PHP that PHP did not support and I found ways to make it work.
  3. In some ways I love the conversation that comes with positive interviews when using it.  Oftentimes the interviewer isn't very familiar and it sparks discussion on the languages benefits and drawbacks further showcasing my skillset.

  FROM php:7.2-apache
  COPY src/ /var/www/html/

  # Whatever base web server image you want, Debian/Ubuntu based here
  FROM .../nginx
  # Bloated packages for installing dependencies and also Supervisor
  RUN apt-get update \
      && apt-get -yq --no-upgrade install \
          software-properties-common \
          supervisor \
      && apt-get clean \
      && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/*
  # Add repository for PHP 8
  RUN export LC_ALL="C.UTF-8" && add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
  # Then we install PHP and the Nginx integration package (we use PHP-FPM)
  RUN apt-get update \
      && apt-get -yq --no-upgrade install \
          php8.2 php8.2-common php8.2-cli php8.2-dev php8.2-opcache ... php8.2-fpm \
      && apt-get clean \
      && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt/*
  # We will also need Composer for managing dependencies
  RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o /tmp/composer-setup.php \
      && php /tmp/composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=Composer
  # Create directories, clear regular web server index directories
  RUN mkdir -p /run/php \
      && rm -rf /var/www/html && mkdir -p /var/www/html
  # Copy over config (whatever you have)
  COPY ./php_nginx/etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  COPY ./php_nginx/var/www/html /var/www/html
  COPY ./php_nginx/etc/supervisord.conf /etc/supervisord.conf
  # Copy PHP config (whatever you have)
  COPY ./php_nginx/etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php.ini
  COPY ./php_nginx/etc/php/8.2/fpm/php-fpm.conf /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php-fpm.conf
  COPY ./php_nginx/etc/php/8.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf /etc/php/8.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
  # Default run script
  COPY ./php_nginx/docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
  RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.sh
  CMD "/docker-entrypoint.sh"

  #!/bin/sh
  echo "Software versions..."
  nginx -V && supervisord --version

  echo "Running Supervisor..."
  supervisord --configuration=/etc/supervisord.conf

  location ~ \.php$ {
      include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
      fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
  }

  [supervisord]
  nodaemon=true
  
  [program:php-fpm]
    command=/usr/sbin/php-fpm8.2 -c /etc/php/8.2/fpm/php-fpm.conf --nodaemonize
    stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
    stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
    stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
    stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0
  
  [program:nginx]
    command=/usr/sbin/nginx
    stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
    stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
    stderr_logfile=/dev/stderr
    stderr_logfile_maxbytes=0

     Authenticating users is as simple as adding an authentication middleware to your Laravel route definition:
     
     Route::get('/profile', ProfileController::class)  
         ->middleware('auth');
     
     Once the user is authenticated, you can access the authenticated user via the Auth facade:
     
     use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
     
     // Get the currently authenticated user...  
     $user = Auth::user();

    - Better libraries and frameworks overall
    - Better programmers overall, so more competent colleagues
    - Relevant in many fields outside web development
    - Allows to learn and use various paradigms, like async/multithread/multiproc...