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44. Performance Optimisation & Caching Config

Preparing Laravel for production.

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Before deploying, artisan commands like config:cache, route:cache, and view:cache precompile configuration, routes, and views into single files for faster bootstrapping. Opcache should be enabled at the PHP level, and composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev generates an optimized class map. Laravel Octane can further boost performance by keeping the application booted in memory across requests using Swoole or RoadRunner.

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1. What does 'php artisan config:cache' do?
Clears the config cacheCombines all config files into a single cached file for faster loadingDeletes .envEnables debug mode
2. What does Laravel Octane provide?
A new ORMKeeping the app in memory across requests for major performance gainsA CSS frameworkA queue driver

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