Laravel

forget-db – a simple GDPR inspired tool to anonymise confidential database data

A simple(ish) command line tool written in PHP 7.1 using Laravel Zero and Faker to help you anonymise/pseudonymise data within your database to support protecting either sensitive information, or peoples right to be forgotten with GDPR compliance.

The tool allows you to connect to either mysql, postgres, sqlite or sqlserver and replace defined information with random data to allow you to keep statistics/relationships/audit of actions etc.

It uses a simple yaml configuration file to define the conditions for overwriting, which fields you want to overwrite, and what to overwrite them with.

Handling Amazon SNS messages with PHP, Lumen and CloudWatch

Gonzalo Ayuso throws a few snippets of code in the blog posts title “Handling Amazon SNS messages with PHP, Lumen and CloudWatch“, which shows how to work with Amazon SNS (Simple Notifications Service) and Amazon CloudWatch (cloud and network monitoring solution) from PHP. The examples are based on the Lumen micro-framework, which is basically a stripped down Laravel.

TNTSearch – a fully featured full text search engine written in PHP

TNTSearch – a fully featured full text search engine written in PHP. Here’s also a blog post that shows how to use it with the Laravel framework. Which shouldn’t be too difficult to adjust for any other PHP framework.