---
title: "Make 5x faster outbound requests in Laravel"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/make-5x-faster-outbound-requests-in-laravel-l4exklaub
source_url: https://aaronfrancis.com/2024/make-5x-faster-outbound-requests-in-laravel-192e8e98
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-12-03T14:32:24.595Z
updated: 2024-12-08T20:57:18.208Z
tags: ["webdev", "performance", "php", "laravel"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 56
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Make 5x faster outbound requests in Laravel

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 5 min read · 56 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Learn how to make outbound HTTP requests up to 5x faster in Laravel using a trick with Laravel Octane. By reusing connections and keeping them as static variables, you can drastically reduce the overhead of repeatedly establishing new connections. This method can be particularly beneficial for applications making frequent external API calls and in scenarios like queues where the application stays in memory.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://aaronfrancis.com/2024/make-5x-faster-outbound-requests-in-laravel-192e8e98>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@brunoc** · 3 upvotes

> The trick is known as "Singleton Pattern"

**@trinhminhnhat** · 0 upvotes

> Very helpful 😊

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Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel)

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