Enable OPcache and Redis caching for performance

docker/php/local.ini

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ display_errors = On
 display_startup_errors = On
 error_reporting = E_ALL
 
-; Opcache settings (disabled for development for live reloading)
+; Opcache settings - ENABLED for performance (even in dev on Windows/WSL2)
-opcache.enable = 0
+opcache.enable = 1
 opcache.enable_cli = 0
+opcache.memory_consumption = 256
+opcache.interned_strings_buffer = 16
+opcache.max_accelerated_files = 20000
+opcache.validate_timestamps = 1
+opcache.revalidate_freq = 2
+opcache.fast_shutdown = 1

src/.env.mysql

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DB_DATABASE=laravel
 DB_USERNAME=laravel
 DB_PASSWORD=secret
 
-SESSION_DRIVER=database
+SESSION_DRIVER=redis
 SESSION_LIFETIME=120
 SESSION_ENCRYPT=false
 SESSION_PATH=/
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis
 
 CACHE_STORE=redis
-CACHE_PREFIX=
+CACHE_PREFIX=laravel_cache
 
 MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1
 

src/.env.pgsql

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ DB_DATABASE=laravel
 DB_USERNAME=laravel
 DB_PASSWORD=secret
 
-SESSION_DRIVER=database
+SESSION_DRIVER=redis
 SESSION_LIFETIME=120
 SESSION_ENCRYPT=false
 SESSION_PATH=/
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis
 
 CACHE_STORE=redis
-CACHE_PREFIX=
+CACHE_PREFIX=laravel_cache
 
 MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1
 

src/.env.sqlite

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LOG_LEVEL=debug
 DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
 DB_DATABASE=/var/www/html/database/database.sqlite
 
-SESSION_DRIVER=database
+SESSION_DRIVER=redis
 SESSION_LIFETIME=120
 SESSION_ENCRYPT=false
 SESSION_PATH=/
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FILESYSTEM_DISK=local
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis
 
 CACHE_STORE=redis
-CACHE_PREFIX=
+CACHE_PREFIX=laravel_cache
 
 MEMCACHED_HOST=127.0.0.1