How to deploy a PHP + Webpack application on GAE

Question

I have a PHP + React JS application that I'm trying to get deployed via Google App Engine Standard. I've set the app.yaml to use php73 though I'm using Webpack to package the JS via yarn (actually, using Symfony Encore, but that shouldn't matter).

For the time being, I am using webpack locally and pushing those files up to GAE as a workaround, but I'd rather they be packed on GAE itself. Am I able to somehow execute shell commands for a gcloud app deploy so that yarn executes the scripts I want? Is creating a separate service with nodejs running just so it executes package.json scripts necessary, then deploying both PHP and nodejs services?

Waelmas Waelmas · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-02T12:36:07

You can run custom build steps in Google App Engine by adding a "gcp-build" script in your package.json.

Example:

  "scripts": {
    "prepare": "npm run gcp-build",
    "pretest": "npm run gcp-build",
    "test": "repo-tools test app -- index.js",
    "posttest": "npm run lint",
    "lint": "tslint -p .",
    "start": "node ./index.js",
    "gcp-build": "tsc -p .",
    "deploy": "gcloud app deploy"   }

Also you can also set the runtime to install specific dependencies using yarn, by using yarn add PACKAGE so a "yarn.lock" file is auto-generated. If App Engine finds a "yarn.lock" in the application directory, Yarn will be used to perform the npm installation

I'd also recommend that you check the following community tutorials:

In addition to checking the Symfony Demo Application code that might be a good example.

How to deploy a PHP + Webpack application on GAE

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