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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. marchie/lad-utils ActiveLibrary[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) marchie/lad-utils ================= Command line utilities for executing Composer post install commands when deploying Laravel applications in Azure 1105PHP Since Mar 1Pushed 10y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Marchie/lad-utils)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/marchie/lad-utils)[ RSS](/packages/marchie-lad-utils/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (1)Used By (0) Laravel Azure Deployment Utilities (marchie/lad-utils) ====================================================== [](#laravel-azure-deployment-utilities-marchielad-utils) TL; DR ------ [](#tl-dr) Artisan commands to aid deployment of Laravel applications in Microsoft Azure. Backstory --------- [](#backstory) Deploying Laravel applications into Azure is a little bit of a dark art. There are [guides](http://blog.bobbyallen.me/2015/06/26/configuring-and-hosting-laravel-5-x-applications-on-windows-azure/) [out there](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32109245/deploy-laravel-to-azure) on how to do it, but for me, the end result wasn't quite what I'd hoped for. What do I mean by that? Well, I'm deploying my applications using [SyntaxC4's Composer Extension](https://github.com/SyntaxC4-MSFT/ComposerExtension/), which is great. However, the standard Laravel optimization command is problematic:- `php artisan optimize` *runs like a dog*. I'm talking about half an hour to complete on a dual-core Azure instance, or *never* (read: over 24 hours before I killed it) finishing on a single-core instance, compared with a couple of seconds on my modest development box. Worse still, the major time-consuming thing that the `php artisan optimize` command does is to run `composer dump-autoload -o`, which has *already been done* by the Composer Extension on Azure. (NB: The reason seems to be something to do with the number of processes that end up running through the post install command. Composer is a PHP application, which calls the post install commands on the command line. The `php artisan optimize` post install command kicks off another PHP process, which then calls `composer dump-autoload -o` on the command line. This starts up yet another PHP process and everything just seems to grind to a halt.) What this package does ---------------------- [](#what-this-package-does) This package gives you an additional Artisan command, which you can call as post install commands in your `composer.json`:- `azure:optimize-classes` extends the standard Artisan `optimize` command, except it *doesn't* call `composer dump-autoload -o`. Note that if you have your application in debug mode, the classes will **not** be compiled. (NB: The `composer dump-autoload -o` command is already called by the Azure Composer Extension) (Credit to [@22media on Laracasts](https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/servers/deploying-as-an-azure-web-app) for the legwork on this) Usage ----- [](#usage) You need to add the package to your `composer.json` file: ``` { ... "require": { ... "marchie/lad-utils": "dev-master", ... }, ... } ``` Then, run `composer update` to pull in the package. After the package has been pulled in, add the package's service provider into your Laravel application's `config/app.php` file: ``` return [ ... 'providers' => [ ... Marchie\LaravelAzureDeploymentUtilities\ServiceProvider::class, ... ] ... ] ``` With that done, you can use the commands in your `composer.json` `post-install-cmd`: ``` { ... "scripts": { ... "post-install-cmd": [ "php -r \"copy('%HOME\\site\\.env', '.env');\"", ... "php artisan azure:optimize-classes", ... "php -r \"unlink('.env');\"" ], ... }, ... } ``` Note that we are copying the `.env` file into the repository first (Laravel needs this file). Then, we run the other post-install commands. Finally, we delete the copied `.env` file from the repository. ### Health Score 21 — LowBetter than 19% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity11 Limited adoption so far Community2 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity41 Maturing project, gaining track record How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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