DAMP stack (Docker + Apache + MySQL + PHP)
Small example showing how Docker can be used to replace EasyPHP/MAMP stacks. Everything that is on the same level as /project1 and /project2 folders is mounted into the web container and thus accessible to Apache/PHP.
DAMP stack provides:
- Apache 2.4
- PHP 5.6 (
gd,mbstring,pdo,pdo_mysql,pdo_pgsql) - MySQL 5.7
This can be easily changed to support PHP7 or to install additional extensions via the Dockerfile. You can even run two containers side by side with different PHP versions - one with PHP5 and one with PHP7 although this is a bit outside of the scope of this document and will be left as an exercise to the reader 😉
- Docker
Before the installation you may want to customize MySQL root user's password. That can be done in docker-compose.yml. The following credentials are used to install and configure mysql:
- MYSQL_HOST: <see_note_below>
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
- MYSQL_USER: admin
- MYSQL_PASSWORD: test
- MYSQL_DATABASE: database
🚨 To access MySQL server from PHP code you would use db as the hostname. To access it from the docker host (outside of the container) you would connect to 127.0.0.1:3306 using the credentials above.
Installation might take some time because we need to compile and install a few PHP extensions. To begin simply type the following command in the Terminal:
$ docker-compose up
After all output in the Terminal has stopped, simply navigate to http://localhost:8000
You will see a list of directories:
If you visit /project2 you should see that MySQL connection can also be established! Wooo! 🎉
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