zz-docker-shinsenter-php.ini instead of /usr/local/etc/php/php.ini

[stefanpejcic]

Been using the image and tag php-fpm-8.2 since a year ago, and this config:

    volumes:
      - html_data:/var/www/html/
      - ./php.ini/8.2.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini
      - ./ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_8.2.so:/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20220829/ioncube_loader.so
    environment:
      - PHP_ENABLE_OPCACHE=${PHP_FPM_8_2_ENABLE_OPCACHE:-true}
      - APP_USER=root
      - APP_GROUP=root
      - APP_UID=${USER_ID:-0}
      - APP_GID=${USER_ID:-0}
      - ENABLE_TUNING_FPM=1

on server from back then, this php ini file is loaded:

/usr/local/etc/php/php.ini

so I can In this case add a custom extension (ioncube loader) and edit file from the hostos.

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but on a new image (same tag), this /usr/local/etc/php/php.ini is no longer loaded for php-fpm, instead shows path:

/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/zz-docker-shinsenter-php.ini

Content of the file says: ; Generated at 2025-11-30 08:30:01

I don't have this file 'zz-docker-shinsenter-php.ini' on the server from ~January so Im confused by the change here. Is it documented somewhere?

[shinsenter]

@stefanpejcic

The images in this repository are built daily, whenever there's any update in the base images. So even with the same tag, the container's contents may have already changed.

Also, the config file you mentioned is generated automatically every time the container starts, replacing the default php.ini. This ensures the container reads and applies the correct config values from environment variables. Sorry for not explaining this more clearly in the README.md file, but that's how my Docker images currently work.

If you want a stable image (tagged by build date), you can find it here:
https://github.com/shinsenter/php?tab=readme-ov-file#stable-image-tags