Docker + PHP Application Example

We can run php application using docker. In the following steps, we are creating and running php application.

1. Create a directory
Create a directory to organize files by using following command.

1. $ mkdir php-docker-app  
See, screen shot of the above command.



2. Create a Php File
index.php

1. <?php  
2.     echo ?Hello, Php?;  
3. ?>  


3. Create a DockerFile
Dockefile

1. FROM php:7.0-apache  
2. COPY . /var/www/php  
After that our project has two files like the below screen-shot.



4. Create Docker Image
1. $ docker build -t php-app .  
In the below screen-shot, we are creating docker image.
Now look for the available images in the docker container.
The above screen-shot shows that the created image php-app is available.


5. Run the Docker image
Now run the docker image. The following command is used to run docker images.

1. $ docker run php-app  
We can see that our docker image is running and output is shown to the browser. This image is running on the 172.17.0.2 ip.

Output:

Reference:

• Javatpoint.com - Docker PHP Example