Docker with PHP 8.3.4 and MySQL 8

Web development environment setup for UNIX.

To use the PHP Executable from the Docker Container

1. Find the PHP path inside the docker container

docker exec -it docker.php bash
which php

2. Create a wrapper script docker-php to run PHP commands via docker

# for example: the current PATH is /usr/local/bin
sudo nano /usr/local/bin/docker-php

3. Add the following code

#!/bin/bash
docker compose exec docker.php php "$@"

4. Make the script executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-php

5. Use the new script to run PHP commands in your machine

docker-php -v
docker-php -r 'echo "Hello from Docker PHP!\n";'