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    SOLR installation


Check (SOLR Prequisite)[https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/solr-system-requirements.html]
Note: for Windows user you might want to use Cygwin to run solr commands.
Download (SOLR)[https://lucene.apache.org/solr/downloads.html]
Note: for windows user download the .zip file
Unzip the file
Run bin/solr start -p 8983
Create collection run bin/solr create_collection -c collection1 -p 8983

PS: during this documentation SOLR version is 8.6.1
Laravel installation


Create new project by running laravel new solarium
Create a file name solarium.php inside config folder

<?php

return [
    'endpoint' => [
        'localhost' => [
            'host' => env('SOLR_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
            'port' => env('SOLR_PORT', '8983'),
            'path' => env('SOLR_PATH', '/'),
            'core' => env('SOLR_CORE', 'collection1')
        ]
    ]
];


Install php solarium package composer require solarium/solarium
Create service provider for the solarium php artisan make:provider SolariumServiceProvider

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Solarium\Client;
use Solarium\Core\Client\Adapter\Curl;
use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;

class SolariumServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    protected $defer = true;

    /**
     * Register any application services.
     *
     * @return  void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $adapter = new Curl();
        $eventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher();
        $this->app->bind(Client::class, function ($app) use ($adapter, $eventDispatcher) {
            return new Client($adapter, $eventDispatcher, $app['config']['solarium']);
        });
    }

    public function provides()
    {
        return [Client::class];
    }
}


In config/app.php include the created SolariumProvider in the other application providers

// List off others providers...
App\Providers\SolariumServiceProvider::class,


Create controller php artisan make:controller SolariumController

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class SolariumController extends Controller
{
    protected $client;

    public function __construct(\Solarium\Client $client)
    {
        $this->client = $client;
    }

    public function ping()
    {
        // create a ping query
        $ping = $this->client->createPing();

        // execute the ping query
        try {
            $this->client->ping($ping);
            return response()->json('OK');
        } catch (\Solarium\Exception $e) {
            return response()->json('ERROR', 500);
        }
    }
}


Create ping route under routes/web.php Route::get('/ping', 'SolariumController@ping');
Access ping route it should reponse OK