This is an example application showing how to use the eriksencosta/php-dev Docker image.

To get started, install Docker on your machine. Then, run the following commands:

$ docker pull mysql
$ docker pull eriksencosta/php-dev

It can take some minutes depending of your Internet connection.

If you want to run this application without the aforementioned Docker image, you'll need:

• PHP 5.3+
• PDO MySQL extension
• Composer
• A webserver with PHP support

After downloading the needed Docker images, clone this repository:

$ cd ~
$ git clone git://github.com/eriksencosta/silex-docker-example.git

Now, run:

$ docker run --name some-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root -d mysql

This will start a Docker container with a running MySQL instance identified by the name some-mysql. Now, start the PHP container:

$ docker run -ti --link some-mysql:mysql -p 80:80 -v ~/silex-docker-example:/var/www/example -P eriksencosta/php-dev /bin/bash

This will start a container with multiple versions of PHP available and with an allocated interactive terminal as a root user. Now, set up the application:

# cd /var/www/example
# composer install
# php app/console example:configure:environment --variable="EXAMPLE_DEBUG=true"
# php app/console example:database:create
# php app/console example:schema:create
# php app/console example:fixtures:load

The first command example:configure:environment set up the .env file on the application root directory. This example application uses PHP dotenv to load environment variables making it compatible with the Twelve-Factor App.

Run the Behat test suite:

# behat

Now, start the Nginx and PHP-FPM servers using the webserver command:

# cp dockerfiles/php-dev/default.vhost /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
# webserver start

In your browser, go to http://localhost.

Note: if you're using Boot2Docker, replace localhost with the IP address returned from the command boot2docker ip.

You can switch the desired PHP version using the phpenv command:

# cd /var/www/example
# phpenv local 5.3

Run the test suite to check that everything is ok:

# behat

Restart PHP-FPM with the fpm command:

# fpm restart

In your browser, go to http://localhost. For full PHP version and configuration information, go to http://localhost/info.php.

To make the Docker image usage straightforward, you can create a Dockerfile with the needed commands to set up the environment and the application.

There is an example in the dockerfiles/php-dev directory. Run:

$ cd ~/silex-docker-example/dockerfiles/php-dev
$ docker build -t "silex-app" .

Then, run:

$ docker run --name another-mysql -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root -d mysql
$ docker run -p 8000:80 --link another-mysql:mysql -v ~/silex-docker-example:/var/www/example silex-app

In your browser, go to http://localhost:8000.

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