setup docker file and docker compose file

Author: sudo-which-qp

.env.example

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
 LOG_LEVEL=debug
 
 DB_CONNECTION=mysql
-DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+DB_HOST=mysqldb
 DB_PORT=3306
-DB_DATABASE=laravel
+DB_DATABASE=test-db
 DB_USERNAME=root
-DB_PASSWORD=
+DB_PASSWORD=test-password
 
 SESSION_DRIVER=file
 SESSION_LIFETIME=120

.gitignore

@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ yarn-error.log
 /.nova
 /.vscode
 /.zed
+data

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Base image: PHP 8.3-alpine
+FROM php:8.3-alpine 
+
+# install system dependencies
+RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache \
+    openssl \
+    zip \
+    unzip \
+    git \
+    mysql-client \
+    libzip-dev \
+    libpng-dev \
+    libjpeg-turbo-dev \
+    freetype-dev \
+    libxml2-dev
+
+#install composer (PHP package manager)
+RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+
+# Install PHP extensions for MySQL
+RUN docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
+    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd pdo pdo_mysql mysqli zip
+
+# check if mbstring extension is installed (for debugging purposes)
+RUN php -m | grep mbstring
+
+# set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# copy application file into the container
+COPY . /app
+
+# install dependencies
+RUN composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev
+
+# Generate Laravel application key
+RUN php artisan key:generate
+
+# Command to run the laravel development server
+CMD php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000
+
+# Expose port 8000
+EXPOSE 8000

docker-compose.yaml

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+version: "3"
+networks:
+  application:
+    driver: bridge
+services:
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: test_backend
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy # Ensure MySQL is ready before Laravel starts
+    environment:
+      - DB_HOST=mysqldb
+      - DB_CONNECTION=mysql
+      - DB_PORT=3306 # MySQL runs on 3306 inside the container
+      - DB_DATABASE=test-db
+      - DB_USERNAME=root
+      - DB_PASSWORD=root # Match MySQL container credentials
+    networks:
+      - application
+    command: php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000
+
+  db:
+    image: mysql:8.0
+    ports:
+      - "3307:3306"
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/var/lib/mysql
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=test-db
+    networks:
+      - application
+    container_name: mysqldb
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost", "-uroot", "-proot"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5