Docker PHP MySQL

These files quickly set up my preferred environment for web development in a container, using Docker. The webserver comprises of:

• MySQL
• PHP 8.0
• Apache

PHP.Dockerfile customises the Official PHP Docker image to add PDO MySQL, to connect to the database and Xdebug for debugging. The Official MySQL Docker image is used unmodified. A volume is mapped to your local machine to persist your database state.

To Use

• If not already installed on your machine, install Docker.
• Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/LewisCraik/docker-php-mysql.git yourfoldername (Or copy the two files, "docker-compose.yml" and "PHP.Dockerfile" to your project folder).
• Replace ROOTPASSWORD (line 9) and USERPASSWORD (line 12) in docker-compose.yml with your chosen database passwords. And also in "src/index.php" if you are using the template file.
• Add your source code (or even install your CMS of choice) in to the "Content" folder, which is where Apache will serve from.
• Ensure that Docker is running on your machine.
• From your project folder in your terminal type docker-compose up -d - this may take a while to execute the first time, as all the files will need ot be downloaded. The -d flag means that Docker runs "headless", freeing up your terminal for other commands.
• Navigate to http://localhost you should see the MySQL version, or whatever you have put in the src folder, or the PHP default page if it is empty.
• Type docker-compose down to stop your container.

To Customise

The easiest way to customise the containers are to change the tags as per the official Docker images (PHP/[MySQL]). For example changing mysql:8.0 to mysql:latest on line 5 of "docker-compose.yml" will use the latest version of the MySQL image. For PHP your need to change line 1 on "PHP.Docker", the format is php:<version>-apache, to choose which version of PHP you need.