B4J Tutorial [WebApps] Using Laragon as your development web server

Ola

I just ran into this link, https://www.keycdn.com/blog/web-development-tools

And besides XAMPP, which I have been using for my personal web development projects, there is Laragon.

With XAMPP, I remember I had to manually edit my php.ini file to locate the extension for SQLite3 to be active and restart tha apache webserver.

The ease of Laragon is rather impressive. I downloaded the full version, this has options to install an 18MB file (minimum install) or the 130MB full install that comes with MySQL, NodeJS, HeidiSQL and some other niceties.

I installed it, updated PHP and then selected the Menu > PHP > Extensions > sqlite3, this activated the extension and reloaded the server.

So in my BANano App, I changed the build folder from "C:\xampp\htdocs" to "C:\laragon\www"

We are up and running...

 

[Mashiane]

Using laragon with SSL.

Laragon comes with SSL functionality that you can activate.

First, you need to ensure that the SSL files are copied.

1. Find these files under your apache folder of laragon, this could be C:\laragon\bin\apache\httpd-2.4.35-win64-VC15\bin

2. Copy them to C:\laragon\bin\laragon\utils

3. Open laragon and open settings.

Check SSL 443 Enabled.

4. Reload the laragon

5. In your browser, type in https://localhost, this should now be secure

Good luck!

 

[aeric]

I just knew that Laragon 5.0 was released 2 months ago. I am still using version 4.0.16.

Move to github Discussion - forum.laragon.org

 

[Mashiane]

And nice easy upgrade instructions:

Move to github Discussion - forum.laragon.org

 

[Mashiane]

As I am using Laragon as my development webserver of choice... here are some snippets to do a variety of things.

Add MongoDB to Laragon

LARAGON - Add MongoDB | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, adding MongoDB is easy.

www.kreaweb.be

Addding PHP Drivers

1. Download the drivers for your PHP version and save to extensions folder e.g. C:\laragon\bin\php\php-7.4.19-Win32-vc15-x64\ext

PECL :: Package :: mongodb 1.12.1 for Windows

pecl.php.net

Rather choose TS (Thread Safe) version

In Laragon > Tools > PHP > php.ini

Include.

extension=php_mongodb.dll

In Laragon Screen, choose Web > Info > Scroll to see if

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[Mashiane]

Add phpMyAdmin

LARAGON - Add phpMyAdmin | KREAWEB

In a fresh Laragon installation, the default database administration tool is HeidiSQL. But you can easily add phpMyAdmin to your Laragon installation.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[Mashiane]

Add PostgreSQL

LARAGON - Add PostgreSQL | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, adding PostgreSQL is easy.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[Mashiane]

Migrate to MariaDB

LARAGON - Migrate to MariaDB | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, updating the database version is very easy. You can even switch to another database provider.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[Mashiane]

Update Composer

LARAGON - Update Composer | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, updating the Composer version is very easy.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[Mashiane]

Update HeidiSQL

LARAGON - Update HeidiSQL | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, updating the build-in HeidiSQL version is very easy.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[Mashiane]

Update MySQL

LARAGON - Update MySQL | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, updating the database version is very easy. You can even switch to another database provider.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[Mashiane]

Update Node.js

LARAGON - Update Node.js | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, updating the Node JS version is very easy.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[Mashiane]

Update PHP

LARAGON - Update PHP | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, updating the PHP version is very easy.

www.kreaweb.be

 

[NGUYEN TUAN ANH]

As I am using Laragon as my development webserver of choice... here are some snippets to do a variety of things.

Add MongoDB to Laragon

LARAGON - Add MongoDB | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, adding MongoDB is easy.

www.kreaweb.be

Addding PHP Drivers

1. Download the drivers for your PHP version and save to extensions folder e.g. C:\laragon\bin\php\php-7.4.19-Win32-vc15-x64\ext

PECL :: Package :: mongodb 1.12.1 for Windows

pecl.php.net

Rather choose TS (Thread Safe) version

View attachment 126138

In Laragon > Tools > PHP > php.ini

Include.

extension=php_mongodb.dll

In Laragon Screen, choose Web > Info > Scroll to see if

View attachment 126139

Related Content

Coding Ninjas Studio

Help me.!
I can not see mongodb in: Web > Info

As I am using Laragon as my development webserver of choice... here are some snippets to do a variety of things.

Add MongoDB to Laragon

LARAGON - Add MongoDB | KREAWEB

When you are using Laragon as your local development server, adding MongoDB is easy.

www.kreaweb.be

Addding PHP Drivers

1. Download the drivers for your PHP version and save to extensions folder e.g. C:\laragon\bin\php\php-7.4.19-Win32-vc15-x64\ext

PECL :: Package :: mongodb 1.12.1 for Windows

pecl.php.net

Rather choose TS (Thread Safe) version

View attachment 126138

In Laragon > Tools > PHP > php.ini

Include.

extension=php_mongodb.dll

In Laragon Screen, choose Web > Info > Scroll to see if

View attachment 126139

Related Content

Coding Ninjas Studio

Help me please !
I can not see mongodb in Web > Info > Scroll

 

[Mashiane]

Help me.!
I can not see mongodb in: Web > Info

Help me please !
I can not see mongodb in Web > Info > Scroll

Did you follow all the instructions to install it and activate the php extension?

 

[NGUYEN TUAN ANH]

Did you follow all the instructions to install it and activate the php extension?

Thanks your Reply, i have finished, Your job is great.!

 

[Mashiane]

Using GMail with Laragon...

Create an app password using the GMail account you want to use on Laragon.

https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

On Laragon, click Menu > Preferences.

On Mail Sender, use the email and the password that was generated by GMail. The password must not have spaces.

Click on Test Mail Sending..

Check if your received your email from Laragon.

Have Fun!

 

[aeric]

In case anyone unaware, there is Laragon version 6.0 since Sep 2022.
The author also announced in Mar 19 that there is a new version arriving.

 

[Mashiane]

The latest version of Laragon does not include phpMyAdmin but comes with HeidiSQL.

To include phpMyAdmin, follow these instructions

1. Make sure you already install laragon. You need to download the phpmyadmin file in the official site. https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads
2. Extract this zip and you can rename the folder as phpMyAdmin. Put the folder into laragon/etc/apps.
3. Start the laragon. And then open the browser and access 127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin.
4. Just press go when the login page shows. Now you can use phpmyadmin to manage mysql.

It also comes with PocketBase as another alternative package during installation back-end db to use.