Dockerfile for simple php dev

Apache, PHP 8.1, Mysql 6, Phpmyadmin Example DB "d3_articles" could be injected on startup (put the sql in the init-db folder)

└── 📁dev-docker-php
    └── 📁init-db
        └── db.sql                  (db init scripts, whatever you want. Processed in alphanumerical order)
    └── 📁input-data
        └── prd.conf
        └── stg.conf
    └── 📁logs
    └── .env                        (Variables for docker-compose and bashes below)
    └── backup_subfolders.sh
    └── container-uninstall.sh
    └── docker-compose.yml
    └── dockerfile                  (enhanced php configuration)
    └── readme.md

Fill directory "input-data" /vhost

put the vhost configuration for apache with the ports like in docker-compose.yml

└── 📁input-data
    └── prd.conf
    └── stg.conf

stg.conf

Listen 8182
<VirtualHost *:8182>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/stg
    <Directory /var/www/stg>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

prd.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/prd
    <Directory /var/www/prd>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

... proceed.

1. create file .env for the variables that are used in docker-compose.yml
2. create a folder init-db where you may put a sql file to create a database structure for your project.
3. run ./container-re-install.sh. This will also re-build anything from scratch, triggers full reinitialization (including init-db SQL execution). Existing container volumes will be removed.

Result: You can write php/html to the webroot directories prd or stg, which are synced to the webroots of your instances. If you are good with your results, save it local using the backup function below.

... backup.

Backup of your work is crucial. In practise, you work in stg and prd. GIT is perfect, but i had cases when GIT messed up folders, because i used Git wrong. Do not rely on the exposed docker mountpoints that sync local folders with the container. Instead, use ./backup_subfolders.sh stg to zip your staging files to a (ICloud?) location that you can define in a .env file.

To connect to the mysql database from a php file, use $mysqli = new mysqli("db", "root", "root", "d3_articles");

Dump the database with backup_sql.sh to the defined backup location, if you want to save database work.

Security

• make the scripts executable chmod 755 filename.sh
• Change passwords, use the .env file !