How to serve local PHP file on docker container

In this article, we will discuss How to create a docker image for PHP. PHP is a server scripting language and a powerful tool for making dynamic Web pages. we can run PHP applications using docker.

Make a directory

Make a directory to organize files by using the below command.

$ mkdir php-docker

Create a PHP File

We will create a PHP file inside the php-docker directory.

#index.php

<?php  
    echo "Hello world!";
?>

Dockerfile file create

We will create a Dockerfile and pull the PHP Image and Copy the index.php files to the following directory.

#Dockerfile

FROM php:7.4-apache
COPY . /var/www/html
RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www

Your directory structure should look like this:

Create The Docker Image

Now build the Docker Image, you can use the Docker Build Command.

sudo docker build -t php-example .

Now verify available images in the docker container.

sudo docker images

Run the Docker image

You can use the following command to run the Docker image.

$ docker run php-example

You can see the result our PHP application is being served at IP address 172.17.0.2.