How-to Guides

Developing PHP Apps on App Engine

• Using the Local Development Server

  Run the development server locally to simulate your application running in production.

• Monitoring Latency with Cloud Trace

  Collect latency data from your application and view it in the Google Cloud Platform Console.

• Configuring Dashboards and Alerts with Cloud Monitoring

  Collect metrics, events, and metadata from Google Cloud Platform to generate insights via dashboards, charts, and alerts.

• Downloading Logs

  Download log data to perform more detailed analysis of your application.

• Integrating with Google Analytics

  Measure user interactions with your business across various devices and environments.

Managing and Configuring Your App

• Deploying Your App

  Use the appconfig command to deploy your app.

• Splitting Traffic

  Distribute traffic across two or more versions of a module to control roll out of features or conduct A/B testing.

• Migrating Traffic

  Gradually move traffic from an old version of a service to a new version of the service.

• Creating a Project and Managing Billing

  Create a Google Cloud Platform project and set up billing.

• Granting Project Access

  Provide role-based access to your Google Cloud Platform project and its resources.

• Using Custom Domains and SSL

  Add a custom domain for your application and optional set up SSL for the custom domain.

• Managing App Resources

  Understand your application's performance and manage the resources your application is using.

• Configuring the PHP Environment with the php.ini File

  Customize the behavior of the PHP interpreter directives.

• Configuring Your App With app.yaml

  Configure your application's settings.

• Simulating Apache mod_rewrite Routing with mod_rewrite.php

  Reroute URLs using rules.

• Using the Admin API

  Provision and manage your application using the Admin API.

• Using the Modules API

  Programmatically retrieve information about the current operating environment, modules (now called "services"), or instances.

Storing Data

• Choosing a Storage Option

  Decide which storage option to use in your app.

• Using Cloud SQL for MySQL

  Store application data from your App Engine app in Cloud SQL for MySQL.

• Using Cloud SQL for Postgres

  Store application data from your App Engine app in Cloud SQL for Postgres.

• Reading and Writing Files

  Store and retrieve data using Cloud Storage in your app.

• Setup

  Set up Cloud Storage for your application's use.

• Providing Public Access to Files

  Make your files publicly accessible via the web.

• Allowing Users to Upload Files

  Implement code to allow user uploads.

• Serving Image Files

  Serve images conveniently without needing to store the images in different sizes.

• Advanced File Management

  Learn about advanced file management features.

Authenticating Users

• User Authentication Options

  Understand the different ways to authenticate users of your application.

• Users API Overview

  Learn about the Users API.

• User Objects

  Learn about the class that represents a user.

• Login URLs

  Construct URLs that allow the user to sign in or sign out.

• Admin Users

  Determine whether the currently signed-in user is a registered administrator.

Caching Application Data

• Memcache Overview

  Learn about the memcache service.

• Using Memcache

  Set and retrieve cached values.

Connecting to and from Your App

• Outbound IP Addresses

  Learn about the outbound IP addresses App Engine uses.

• Issuing HTTP(S) Requests

  Use the URL Fetch service to issue HTTP(S) requests.

• Identifying Your App to APIs and Services

  Discover and assert your application's project ID.

• Using Sockets

  Learn about the Sockets API.

Sending and Receiving Email, SMS, and Voice Messages

• Mail API Overview

  Learn about the Mail API.

Scheduling Work Outside of User Requests

• Scheduling Jobs with cron.yaml

  Configure regularly scheduled tasks to run in your application.

• Task Queue API Overview

  Learn about the Task Queue API.

• Configuring Task Queues with queue.yaml

  Define task queues in a configuration file.

• Using Push Queues

  Learn about push queues.

• Task Queue REST API Overview

  Learn about the Task Queue REST API.

Reading and Writing Logs

• Reading and Writing Logs

  Learn how to read request logs and read and write application logs.