Enhancement: Speed up CI workflows by implementing dependency caching

[coderabbitai]

Background

Currently, our GitHub Actions workflows reinstall dependencies on every run, which increases build times and consumes unnecessary GitHub Actions minutes.

Proposed Solution

Implement dependency caching for our workflows to speed up CI/CD pipeline execution times.

Specific Recommendations

1. PHP Composer Caching

For workflows like php-unit-tests.yaml and php-code-quality.yaml, add Composer dependency caching:

- name: Cache Composer packages
  uses: actions/cache@v3
  with:
    path: ~/.composer/cache/files
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
    restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-

2. Maven Dependency Caching

For Java components using Maven:

- name: Cache Maven packages
  uses: actions/cache@v3
  with:
    path: ~/.m2
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
    restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2

3. npm Dependency Caching

For Node.js components:

- name: Cache Node.js dependencies
  uses: actions/cache@v3
  with:
    path: ~/.npm
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
    restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-node-

Benefits

• Faster workflow execution (potentially 30-50% faster)
• Reduced GitHub Actions usage (saving computing resources)
• More consistent builds with deterministic dependencies

References

• GitHub Actions Caching Documentation
• actions/cache@v3

[ThomasAFink]

Let's just focus on the php unit tests and build for now and cache for the current php version. Give full code @coderabbitai
https://github.com/it-at-m/eappointment/blob/main/.github/workflows/php-unit-tests.yaml

[ThomasAFink]

@coderabbitai give full code for .github/workflows/php-unit-tests.yaml

[ThomasAFink]

@coderabbitai whould we do the same for .github/workflows/php-code-quality.yaml ?

[ThomasAFink]

@coderabbitai should we do the same for .github/workflows/owasp-security-checks.yaml ?