Docker scripts to create lightweight PHP (FPM) and Composer images with Laravel >=5.6 extensions

• The images are based on PHP FPM alpine images. Extensions included:
  • BCMath
  • PDO MySQL
  • Exif
  • GD Graphics library

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1. PHP base image docker pull mimidots/php7.4:<version>
2. PHP composer image docker pull mimidots/composer:<version>

1. Build the PHP base image first

docker build -t x/xxx:xx docker_file_path

where

• x/xxx:xx is the image tag e.g. demo/php7.4-alpine:latest
• docker_file_path is the path to the Dockerfile e.g. ./php7.4/Dockerfile

2. Build a composer image utilizing above PHP image as a base.

docker build --build-arg x/xxx:xx  -t y/yyy:xx ./composer/Dockerfile

where

• xxx.xx.xx is PHP image tag from step 1 above
• y/yyy:xx is a tag for the composer image

A docker-compose demo available in the example folder.

• cd to the example folder cd example
• Start the docker services IMAGE=x/xxx:xx docker-compose up where x/xxx:xx is PHP image tag
• Visit your browser at http://localhost:8000