php-docker is a simple docker-compose orchestration that sets up a three- container network for local PHP development (Laravel, Symfony, Slim, etc). With this repo, you get:

• PHP container
  • Builds custom from php:7.4-fpm-alpine
  • Adds a bunch* of PHP extensions
  • Installs curl, vim, and composer for convenience
  • Maps ./src to /var/www
  • Uses PHP-FPM running on :9000
• Nginx container
  • Uses nginx:latest
  • Supports use of mkcert for local SSL (see SSL below)
  • Listens on port 80 (for convenience)
• Mariadb container
  • Uses mariadb:latest
  • Stores data in ./mariadb/
  • Inits from vars in docker-compose.yml

* see Dockerfile

1. Install Docker CE

2. Install Docker Compose

3. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/mccheesy/php-docker.git`

4. Either copy your existing PHP application source to the src directory or create a new project. Since you have Docker installed, you can create a new Laravel project using the Composer container thus:

docker run --rm --it \
    --volume $PWD:/app \
    --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
    composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel src

5. Build and run the containers (in detached mode)

docker-compose up -d

1. Install mkcert

2. Create cert files for https://app.test. For example:

mkcert -install
mkcert app.test "*.app.test"
mv *.pem ./nginx/ssl/

3. Edit line 50 of docker-compose.yml: change server.conf to server-ssl.conf

4. Rebuild the Nginx container

docker-compose up -d --build nginx

If you are used to something like Valet, this can be a little tedious. I just use the same test domain (app.test) for all my sites and keep only one of these container networks running at a time.

If you have a need to add multiple subdomains or domains, you will just need to adjust your hosts file and the Nginx/docker-compose files and rebuild the containers.

I do not claim to be an expert on Docker, Docker Compose, or container orchestration, but if you have any questions or run into any issues, I'm happy to offer whatever help I can supply. I can be reached via email at [email protected].