PHP App Environment Builder via Docker Compose

Quickly setup your PHP Web Application environment using Docker Compose

• Choose your PHP version (default latest PHP7) Tested on v5.6, v7.0, v7.1, v7.2, v7.3, and v7.4
• Choose between Apache or Nginx as your web server
• Choose your MySQL version (default latest)

Best for testing your PHP web application on a variety of environments.

Requirements

• Docker Compose https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

Installation

The following will build the latest versions of PHP7, Apache, and MySQL. Once up, you may access your web application at localhost:8080

• wget https://github.com/easterncoder/php-app-docker/archive/master.zip
• unzip master.zip
• cd php-app-docker-master
• export UID; docker-compose up --build

You may then look at:

• localhost:8080/phpinfo.php
• localhost:8080/adminer.php

File Paths

• PHP Files (Put your PHP app here): app/web
• MySQL Data (This is where MySQL will store its data): app/mysql

Default MySQL Credentials

• HOST: mysql
• USER: root
• PASS: root

To start/stop an existing build

• docker-compose start/stop

Other Build Options

Build options are specified by the following environment variables.

• WEBSERVER
  • apache (default)
  • nginx
• MYSQLVER
  • Any version as listed on https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql?tab=tags
• PHPVER
  • 7 (default: will build latest available version of PHP 7)
  • 7.4
  • 7.3
  • 7.2
  • 7.1
  • 7.0
  • 5.6

Examples:

• Latest versions of PHP7, Nginx and MySQL
  export UID; export WEBSERVER=nginx; docker-compose up --build

• PHP5.6, Apache (latest) and MySQL 5.6
  export UID; export WEBSERVER=apache; export MYSQLVER=5.6; docker-compose up --build