In this episode, Benjamin and Matthew talk with Robert Douglass and Larry Garfield from Platform.sh about running PHP applications on multiple servers. Robert and Larry share a load of excellent advice, including:

- Why you need to use Load Balancers (along with what they are and some of the key options)

- How PHP is exceptionally well suited to being deployed across multiple servers out of the box

- How you can start deploying your PHP apps on multiple servers today

- How to properly share files, data, cache, and sessions

- Why sticky sessions are, often, a bad idea

- How to handle workers and Cron jobs

- Plus loads load more!

Links

• Platform.sh
• GlusterFS
• Load Balancing
• Four Key Considerations for Running PHP on Multiple Servers

Guests: Robert Douglass and Larry Garfield.

Hosted By: Benjamin Eberlei and Matthew Setter.

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