Disable or remove packages from prod server

I wonder if there is a way to disable or remove packages from laravel when deploying to a live server.

Eg: I have Faker and laravel debug bar installed when developing my app. Can I somehow remove them and all their files before I deploy?

I dont want my vendor map or Laravel app to swell up with packages that arent used on live server

khoanguyenme

11 years ago

Level 3

You can programtically register these package providers: https://github.com/Larask/gist/blob/master/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php#L40-L44

if ($this->app->environment() == 'local') {
            $this->app->register('Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider');
            $this->app->register('Laracasts\Generators\GeneratorsServiceProvider');
            $this->app->register('Barryvdh\Debugbar\ServiceProvider');
        }

michaeldyrynda

11 years ago

Level 41

Matt Stauffer wrote about conditionally loading service providers in Laravel 5 on his blog recently.

Two things - you'll want to make packages you don't want in prod part of your dev dependencies, then register those service providers in your AppServiceProvider as @khoanguyenme suggests above.

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