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Dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/4lights/phpcontainer Git Repo: https://git.4lt.ca/4lt/phpcontainer

This repository provides a production-ready Docker container for running PHP with Apache. It comes pre-configured with the necessary PHP extensions, Apache modules, and is optimized for Novaconium Framework.

Features

• PHP Version: 8.4.5
• Apache Web Server: Configured to run PHP applications
• Enabled Apache Modules:
  • expires
  • headers
  • rewrite
  • remoteip
  • socache_shmcb
  • ssl
• PHP Extensions:
  • mysqli
  • pdo_mysql
  • pdo_pgsql
  • pgsql
  • pdo_sqlite
  • sqlite3
  • gd
  • intl
  • zip
  • opcache
  • bcmath
  • Redis (via PECL)
• Email Setup: Configured to use msmtp for sending emails
• Timezone: Default set to Vancouver (America/Vancouver)
• PHP Session Storage: Supports Redis as the default, with fallback to file-based sessions

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up the PHP container on your local environment.

Prerequisites

1. Docker
2. Docker Compose is recommended
3. Alternatively Podman is supported

Usage

Clone the Repository

git clone https://git.4lt.ca/4lt/phpcontainer.git
cd phpcontainer
docker build -t php-apache-container .

How to update on dockerhub

sudo su
docker buildx build --no-cache -t 4lights/phpcontainer:6.0.0 -t 4lights/phpcontainer:latest --load .
docker login
docker push 4lights/phpcontainer:6.0.0
docker push 4lights/phpcontainer:latest

References And Notes

Test using test.php