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event4u Data Helpers

Configuration

Data Helpers works out of the box with zero configuration, but you can customize its behavior for your specific needs.

Laravel Configuration

Section titled “Laravel Configuration”

Data Helpers automatically registers its service provider in Laravel. No configuration is required.

Publishing Configuration

Section titled “Publishing Configuration”

You can publish the configuration file:

Terminal window
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=data-helpers-config

This creates config/data-helpers.php:

return [
    'performance_mode' => env('DATA_HELPERS_PERFORMANCE_MODE', false),
    'cache_enabled' => env('DATA_HELPERS_CACHE_ENABLED', true),
];

Symfony Configuration

Section titled “Symfony Configuration”

Data Helpers automatically registers its bundle in Symfony. No configuration is required.

Bundle Configuration

Section titled “Bundle Configuration”

Create config/packages/data_helpers.yaml:

data_helpers:
  performance_mode: '%env(bool:DATA_HELPERS_PERFORMANCE_MODE)%'
  cache_enabled: '%env(bool:DATA_HELPERS_CACHE_ENABLED)%'

Plain PHP Configuration

Section titled “Plain PHP Configuration”

For plain PHP projects, you can configure Data Helpers programmatically:

use Event4u\DataHelpers\DataHelpersConfig;


DataHelpersConfig::setPerformanceMode(true);
DataHelpersConfig::setCacheEnabled(true);

Configuration Options

Section titled “Configuration Options”

Performance Mode

Section titled “Performance Mode”

Enable performance mode for production environments:

DataHelpersConfig::setPerformanceMode(true);

This disables debug features and enables optimizations.

Cache

Section titled “Cache”

Enable or disable caching:

DataHelpersConfig::setCacheEnabled(true);

Caching improves performance for repeated operations.

Environment Variables

Section titled “Environment Variables”

You can use environment variables to configure Data Helpers:

DATA_HELPERS_PERFORMANCE_MODE=true
DATA_HELPERS_CACHE_ENABLED=true

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”