Docker PHP Playground

This repository offers a very simple environment to play with PHP with Docker. It aims to be easy for beginners.
Requirements: Docker & Docker Compose.

Stack details:

• Apache with mod_rewrite enabled
• PHP 7.4 with Composer & some extensions (exif, gd, imagick, intl, pdo_mysql, pdo_pgsql, xdebug, xsl, zip)
• MySQL 5.7
• PhpMyAdmin

Installation

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/AymDev/docker-php-playground.git

First build the app container:

docker-compose build

Usage

Start the stack:

docker-compose up -d

The Apache web server is running on http://localhost.
The PhpMyAdmin is running on http://localhost:8888.

Put your PHP files in the /app/ directory.
The MySQL container exposes the 3306 port if you want to connect from other tools.

Stop the stack:

docker-compose down

Execute commands in container

To execute commands into the container, use an interactive shell:

docker exec -it app bash

Then execute your commands:

root@c92451e3f4f5:/var/www/html# php --version
PHP 7.4.12 (cli) (built: Nov  5 2020 20:15:41) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.9.8, Copyright (c) 2002-2020, by Derick Rethans

root@35c221b633d4:/var/www/html# composer --version
Composer version 2.0.6 2020-11-07 11:21:17

To stop the interactive shell and return to your computer, use exit:

root@35c221b633d4:/var/www/html# exit
$

How to add other PHP extensions

Edit the Dockerfile and add your extensions to the install-php-extensions command. The extensions name can be found on the mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer page.

Then rebuild the image:

docker-compose build