Docker Apache + PHP

A Docker image based on Ubuntu, serving PHP 5 or 7 running as Apache Module. Useful for Web developers in need for a fixed PHP version. In addition, the error_reporting setting in php.ini is configurable per container via environment variable.

Prerequisite

• Docker v18+

Installation

You can choose the php version with tags. Then, you can the configuration on "conf section" on file install-image.sh.

chmod +x install-image.sh
./install-image.sh

Get the current docker IP with the command:

docker inspect apachephp74 | grep '"IPAddress": "'

And edit your /etc/hosts: 172.17.X.X php74.local

Installed packages:

• Ubuntu Server 12, based on ubuntu docker image
• apache2
• php
• php-cli
• libapache2-mod-php
• php-curl
• php-ftp
• php-gd
• php-mbstring
• php-mysql, php-myqsli
• php-soap
• php-zlib
• composer (php package manager)

Default Configurations:

• Apache: .htaccess-Enabled in webroot (mod_rewrite with AllowOverride all)
• php.ini:
  • display_errors = On
  • error_reporting = E_ALL (default, overridable per env variable)

For uninstall, you can use the command: docker rm apachephp74

Usage

# Start container
docker start apachephp74

# Use composer
docker exec -it apachephp74 composer install

# Stop container
docker stop apachephp74

You can check on url: http://php74.local

Access apache logs: Apache is configured to log both access and error log to STDOUT. So you can simply use docker logs to get the log output: