To get the most out of this book
You will need PHP 8.0 or above installed on your computer. All code examples have been tested using PHP 8.1 on macOS and GNU/Linux.
Software/hardware covered in the book |
Operating system requirements |
Laravel 9 |
Windows, macOS, or Linux |
PHP 8+ |
If you don’t want to have PHP installed on your local machine and you are familiar with the Docker setup, you could use the Docker images provided by Laravel Sail. The book explains both local installation and installation via Docker images for the setup of the application servers and the modules (Swoole/OpenSwoole).
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.