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App Engine: Qwik Start - PHP
This hands-on lab shows you how to create a small App Engine
application that displays a short message.
Use case
Use cases
Authenticating users
Apps running on Google Cloud managed platforms such as App Engine
can avoid managing user authentication and session management by using
Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) to control access to them.
IAP
App Engine
Use case
Use cases
Handling sessions
Many apps need session handling for authentication and user
preferences. This tutorial shows how to handle sessions on Cloud Run.
Cloud Run
Firestore
Use case
Use cases
Background processing
Many apps need to do background processing outside of the context
of a web request. This tutorial creates a web app that lets users input
text to translate, and then displays a list of previous translations.
Cloud Run
Pub/Sub
Firestore
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Getting started with PHP samples
A set of simple PHP samples to help you get
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Code Samples
Google Cloud PHP samples
Search or browse all available PHP code samples.
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