Laravel 8 Redis setup on Windows with xampp

 

Laravel 8 Redis setup on Windows with xampp
	Note: test done using windows 7
	1. Install predis on your project
	https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/redis#introduction
	composer require predis/predis
	- un-comment 'Redis' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redis::class, in your config/app.php
	- on your .env make sure you have the following variables:
	REDIS_CLIENT=predis
	REDIS_PORT=6379
	2. Download php_redis.dll on pecl
	https://pecl.php.net/package/redis
	- extract the zip file and move php_redis.dll to your xampp php ext folder
	- usually is at C:\xampp\php\ext
	- edit C:\xampp\php\php.ini and make sure it has the extension enabled or add the following line:
	[Redis]
	extension=php_redis.dll
	3. Download or install Redis-x64-3.2.100 for Windows
	https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis/releases/
	- if your downloaded the zip don't forget to add the path to your environment variables
	4. Restart xampp server
	- make sure APP_DEBUG=true in your .env to see any errors
	- refresh your laravel config by running the following commands
	php artisan config:clear
	php artisan config:cache
	5. Test the following code in your controller
	use Redis;
	class YourController extends Controller
	{
	public function index()
	{
	$redis = new Redis();
	$redis->connect('localhost', 6379);
	$redis->set('user', 'John Doe');
	$value = $redis->get('user');
	dd($value);
	}
	}
	- you should see the output "John Doe" when browsing the app on localhost