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Use MySQL JSON field in Laravel

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I have been working on an application which needs to store a lot of metadata about user profile, we discussed with the team about using NoSQL database (MongoDB) since its a JSON data set which can be extended and customized for the specific user profile due to its schemaless structure. As we know from MySQL 5.7.8 JSON field types are supported natively, not only we can store data as JSON but we can run the where clauses on it. So we used this fields type instead of using a full NoSQL DB, Let’s see how we can use it in a Laravel app. Continue reading…

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Build complete RSS feed reader app – PHP RSS to JSON API

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Hello again! in this 3 parts post series I am going to show you how to build a complete RSS feed reader app using Vue.js and Vuex in which you can add channels, favorite posts, search and more and for backend we will use a PHP API which will get and cache the feed for a day and return simple JSON which will be later consumed by our Vue app. Continue reading…