Laravel Docker Setup (Apache-Based)

This project provides a professional, "WordPress-style" Docker environment for Laravel, with the application code isolated in a dedicated src/ directory.

🚀 Quick Start

To set up the project:

1. Clone the repository.

2. Start the containers:

   docker-compose up -d --build

3. Manual Installation (Optional): If your src/ directory is empty or missing, you can manually bootstrap a clean Laravel project by running:

   docker-compose run --rm composer create-project laravel/laravel ./

4. Access the application:

   • Web App: http://localhost
   • Database Admin (phpMyAdmin): http://localhost:3000

Note

Unlike the initial setup, this version assumes the src/ directory already contains a Laravel application. If you are starting completely fresh, you would need to run docker-compose run --rm composer create-project laravel/laravel src once manually.

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📁 Project Architecture

The project is organized to separate infrastructure from application code:

• src/: Contains the entire Laravel application.
• docker/: Contains the Dockerfile for the PHP-Apache environment.
• docker-compose.yml: The main orchestration file.

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🛠️ Common Commands

You can run Artisan and Composer commands directly through Docker without needing PHP installed on your host machine.

Artisan Commands

# Run migrations
docker-compose run --rm artisan migrate

# Clear cache
docker-compose run --rm artisan cache:clear

Composer Commands

# Update dependencies
docker-compose run --rm composer update

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🗄️ Database Information

The project uses a MySQL 8.0 container.

• Host: db (internal to Docker)
• Internal Port: 3306
• External Port (Host): 3307
• Database Name: laravel
• Username: laravel
• Password: password
• Root Password: root

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