Docker Compose for PHP Application

This is a project template for PHP 8.3 projects. It's recommended for local development purposes only.

The Docker image is based on php:8.3-apache official image on Docker hub plus Composer and below PHP extensions:

• opcache
• pdo_mysql
• decimal
• xdebug

Get Started

cp .env.example.dc .env

You can customize the values of environment variables based on your specific needs, especially port numbers to prevent potential port conflicts.

docker compose up -d

There is a src folder that is designed for you to put your application source code in it, whether it's a Laravel app or just vanilla PHP. Just notice that the src/public directory will be used as the document root by Apache.

Laravel

A Laravel 11 template project is created in the src folder. To make use of it, you need to run the below commands:

docker compose exec php bash

# run below commands inside the container
cp .env.example .env
composer install